wāwāhi
1. (verb) (wāhia,-a,-ngia,-tia) to break, break open, split, divide, cut (the card pack).
Ko te pata me te huka me konatu ki te ringa, kia rite rā anō ki te āhua o te kirīmi; ko ngā hēki me wāwāhi ki roto ki te peihana, ka konatu, ka hui ki roto i te pata me te huka; ka hoatu ngā karani (TJ 20/10/1898:13). / The butter and sugar should be stirred by hand until it has the same consistency as cream; the eggs should be broken into the basin and stirred into the butter and sugar, and then add the currants.
See also wāwāhanga
2. (verb) (wāhia,-a,-ngia,-tia) to partition, subdivide.
Ko Ngāti Maniapoto anō tētahi i whakahē ki te wāwāhi o te whenua kia riro i te takitahi (TTR 1990:73). / Ngāti Maniapoto was another tribe that disagreed with the subdivision of land into individual titles.
3. (verb) (wāhia,-a,-ngia,-tia) to breach.
Kei te wāwāhi koe i te whakahau whakamarutanga, ā, ka taea te mauhere i a koe (RT 2013:102). / You are breaching the protection order and you could be imprisoned.
4. (noun) subdivision, subdividing, partitioning off.
I riro ai te ope a Te Pūoho whaka-te-tonga i mua rā, he kore nō ētahi o ngā rangatira o Ngāti Tama me ērā atu o ngā rangatira, i whakaae ki tana kaupapa mō te wāwāhi i ngā whenua i Waimea me Te Taitapu (TTR 1990:103). / Te Pūoho party had previously gone south because some of the chiefs of Ngāti Tama and allied chiefs did not agree with Te Puoho's land partitioning policies in Waimea and Te Taitapu.
5. (noun) wrench (tool), spanner.
wāwāhi tau
1. (noun) decomposition, partition (number) (maths).
Ko te wehewehe i tētahi tau ki ētahi wāhanga iti. Hei tauira, e taea ana te 37 te wāwāhi ki te 30 me te 7. Ka kīia tērā momo ko te wāwāhi uara tū. Ko te tikanga wāwāhi tau tētahi rautaki matua hei whakaoti paheko (TRP 2010:317). / A number is divided up into smaller parts. For example, 37 can be decomposed or partitioned into 30 and 7. This is called place value partitioning. Decomposition (partitioning) of numbers is an important operational strategy (TRP 2010:317).
wāwāhi uara tū
1. (noun) place value partitioning (maths).
Ko te wehewehe i tētahi tau ki ētahi wāhanga iti. Hei tauira, e taea ana te 37 te wāwāhi ki te 30 me te 7. Ka kīia tērā momo ko te wāwāhi uara tū (TRP 2010:317). / A number is divided up into smaller parts. For example, 37 can be decomposed or partitioned into 30 and 7. This is called place value partitioning (TRP 2010:317).
rautaki wāwāhi tau
1. (noun) part-whole strategy.
He ara te rautaki wāwāhi tau e oti ai tētahi paheko tau, pēnei i te tāpiritanga, te tangohanga, te whakareatanga, te whakawehenga rānei. Ka wāwāhia ngā tau e pāhekoheko ana kia māmā ake te whakaoti (TRP 2010:237). / The part-whole strategy is an approach to solving number operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The numbers being combined are partitioned in order to make the operation easier to solve (TRP 2010:237).
