whatīanga
1. (noun) joint (of a leg or arm), angle, place at which anything is bent, doubled or broken off.
Nō te rā pea e kai tangata ana ka mōhio rātou ki tēnei wehenga, ki tērā wāhi rānei o ngā wheua, o ngā whatīanga rānei, o ngā kāpiro rānei (TTT 1/101927:669). / Perhaps from the days of cannibalism, they knew this section, or that part of the bones, joints or inner organs.
2. (noun) elbow.
Tērā ngā raiona i ngā marae i Rānana, e rua tahi, i roto i te taiepa rino, ko te tourawhi, ko te uwha. Te haere rā tētahi taitama ki te mātakitaki. Ka kai nei ngā kanohi o te tangata rā, ā, nāwai ka whawhao atu te ringa ki roto ki te taiepa rino. Ehara! Te makanga mai o ngā peke o ngā raiona rā, tītaritari ana ngā kikokiko o te ringa tae noa ki te whatīanga (KO 15/9/1884:14). / There were a pair of lions in the zoo in London inside an iron fence, a male and a female. A youth went there and was watching them, and after a time he put his hand inside the iron fence. Surprise surprise! When the lions struck with their paws, the flesh of the arm was torn to pieces right up to the elbow.
3. (noun) knee joint - place where the knee bends at the knee.
I reira ka kite ahau kei te waewae mauī i runga iti ake o te whatīanga o te turi i te taha ki raro, kua puta mai ngā kiko ki waho tārewarewa ai kia kotahi īnihi pea te tautautanga iho (TJ 20/6/1899:15). / There I saw on the left leg a little above the bend of the knee on the lower side that the flesh had emerged and was hanging down approximately an inch.
Synonyms: turipona
4. (noun) cubit - traditional measurement made from the fingers to the elbow (1 ft 6 in or about 45 cm).
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 114;)
Nā ka puta he hau i a Ihowa, ā kawea ana mai ngā koitareke i te moana, kua maka ki te taha o te puni, kia kotahi pea te rā e haere ai i tētahi taha, kia kotahi pea hoki te rā e haere ai i tērā taha, ā tawhio noa te puni, me te mea anō e rua whatīanga te teitei i runga i te mata o te whenua (PT Tauanga 11:31). / And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high on the face of the earth.
whatīanga raparapa
1. (noun) ankle.
I te tīmatanga tō ngā whatīanga raparapa te hōhonu. Rere mai ana, tō ngā turi, rere tonu mai ana, tō ngā hope, ā ka matara mai, nā he awa e kore e taea te whiti (TH 1/3/1860:4). / At the start the depth is up to the ankles. It flows on and it's up to the knees, it continues flowing on and it's up to the hips, and a long way on it's now a river which can not be crossed.
