wāwā
1. (noun) picket, stake (of a fence or palisade), paling.
Ka patua te iwi o Te Āea, ka hinga tērā pā i te ope a Wairangi. Ko ētehi i patua ki roto i te wai. Ko ngā rauwhare me ngā wāwā i rukea ki roto i te awa (JPS 1910:200). / The people of Te Āea were killed and that pā was taken by Wairangi's force. Some were slain in the water. The thatch and stakes were thrown into the river.
Synonyms: tīwatawata
2. (noun) wooden fence.
Ka tū te rangatira o te pā ki runga i te wāwā o te pā (NM 1928:154). / The chief of the pā stood on the pā's wooden fence.
wāwā
1. (verb) to be scattered.
Synonyms: katea, tīrangorango, kūwawa, maheu, korara, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wawā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kaupāpari, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, whakapirara, pīwawa, tīrangaranga
2. (noun) somewhere, distant scattered places, walkabout - used to indicate indefinite distant localities when linked with wīwī.
See also wawā
wawā
1. (verb) to be scattered.
Kua wawā ngā tāngata ki te maunga (W 1971:472). / The people have scattered to the mountain.
Synonyms: katea, tīrangorango, kūwawa, maheu, korara, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kaupāpari, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, whakapirara, pīwawa, tīrangaranga
2. (verb) to distribute.
Ka wawā ngā purapura ki rō oneone (W 1971:472). / The seeds were placed in the ground.
3. (location) somewhere, walkabout - used to indicate indefinite distant localities when linked with wīwī.
See also wāwā
wawae
1. (verb) (waea) to divide, part, separate.
He amuamu anō hoki tāna mō ngā moni e whakapaua ana ki te wawae whenua, me te whakamataku anō hoki o te nui o te utu mō ngā mahi rūri (TTR 1996:211). / He complained about the cost of land subdivision and prohibitive survey charges.
Synonyms: kōwaewae, kaupeka, kōwae, wāhi, moka, kōihi, wae, wāhanga, taha, kōwai, nahenahe, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, whakawehe, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
2. (verb) (waea) to clear away (scrub, etc.).
Ko te whakahau a te kōti, me wawae ururua te rōpū rā kia ea ai ō rātou hara (HJ 2015:39). / The court's order was that that group should do scrub clearing to pay for their transgressions.
wāwā
1. lake club-rush, soft-stem bulrush, true bulrush, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - a tall, spiky, sedge found in shallow, freshwater and estuarine habitats. It can grow in more brackish habitats than kuta, and is found on the margins of rivers, lakes and ponds up to 300 m above sea level. Growth is seasonal with stems dying back over winter. Harvested in summer, the stems are hung in bundles and dried. The stems contain white spongy pith, which gives some insulation when used to make sleeping mats. Found throughout the North Island. In the South Island it is found in southern Nelson, Marlborough and Westland, as well as at Christchurch and in and near Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere.
See also kāpūngāwhā
Synonyms: kōpūpūngāwhā, paopao, papao, kūwāwā, kāpūngāwhā, kōpūngāwhā, kōpūpū
kihikihi-wawā
1. (noun) cicada chorus, Amphipsalta zealandica - Aotearoa/New Zealand's largest, best-known and most widespread cicada, with a green patch on the top and extra long wings. Found in forests.
See also kihikihi, kihikihitara
