wehe

1. (verb) (-a) to separate, divide, detach, log off (computer).

Ka wehe te moana i taua wā tonu, ngā wai ki mauī, ki katau (HP 1991:122). / At that very moment the sea separated, the water went to the left and to the right.

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Synonyms: takiputa, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae

2. (verb) (-a) to leave, depart.

Ka eke nei pea ōna tau ki te 18, ka wehe atu ia ki Ingarangi kia āta akona kia tohunga ki ngā mahi puoro (TTR 2000:63). / Around the age of 18 she departed for England to study music professionally.

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Synonyms: toe, maiki, maunu, wehewehe, whakangā, waiho iho, tuku, awaiho

3. (verb) (-a) to transpose.

Ka wehea ngā whetū o te ahiahi mō te ata, o te ata mō te ahiahi (NM 1928:61). / The stars of the evening were transposed with those of the morning.

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4. (verb) (-a) to reserve, subdivide, set aside.

Ko te whakatau a te Kōti me wehe kē ētahi atu whenua hei whakaea i ngā tikanga katoa o te pukapuka hoko (RT 2013:102). / The decision of the Court was that some other land should be set aside to fulfil all the conditions of the deed of sale.

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Synonyms: tāpui, tūrāhui, whakaputunga, rāhui, toe, whenua rāhui, whakakawhena, whakatapu, haumi, porowhita, taunaha, motuhake, tahi, whakatārewa, tīkape, tauira, tārewa

5. (stative) be separated (marital status), divorced.

Kore rawa rāua i noho tahi i muri atu, ā, nō te tau 1900, ka tono a Mākereti ki te ture kia wehe rāua (TTR 1996:120). / They were never reunited and, in 1900, Mākereti petitioned that they be divorced.

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wehe

1. (verb) to be filled with delight - usually followed by i te rekareka.

Ka wehe i te rekareka ngā tāngata e kōwhiria ana mō tērā haere ka kite rātau i Ingarangi (TJ 19/7/1898:7). / The people selected are delighted about that trip where they will see England.

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pae wehe

1. halfway line.

wehe whārangi

1. (noun) page break (computer).

tau wehe

1. (noun) year when fruit is scarce.

He tau kino te tau ruru, he hau, he ua; ko te tau wehe he tau kore hua, kāore he kai o runga rākau (M 2006:232). / 'Tau ruru' is a stormy year, with wind and rain; 'tau wehe' is a year without crops, trees do not bear berries or fruit (M 2006:233).

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pāpono wehe kē

1. (noun) independent event.

Mēnā he pāpono wehe kē ētahi pāpono e rua, kāore he pānga o tētahi ki tētahi (TRP 2010:201). / When two events are independent events, there is no relationship of one to the other.

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wehe ana [au] i te rekareka

1. delighted - an idiom used to show delight due to an achievement.

I whakawhiwhi a Rāwinia ki tana Tohu Kairangi i tērā marama. Wehe ana ōna mātua i te rekareka. / Rawinia was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy degree last month. Her parents were delighted.

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