wīra
1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-tia) to wheel.
Kei te waha pēpi tēnā, kei te wīra tēnā i tāna (TWK 1:25). / One is carrying a baby on her back, another is wheeling hers.
E te tau, me tatari kia hipa atu te koroua nā. Kei wīrahia e koe ōna waewae (HJ 2012:255). / Darling, you should wait for that elderly man to pass. You might run over his feet.
2. (loan) (noun) wheel.
Kotahi te tangata e ārahi ana i tōna kāta i te huarahi, ka tae ki te wāhi poharu ka mau tētahi o ngā wīra i rō repo (TWM 30/8/1870:2). / One man was leading his cart along the road when he came to a boggy part and one of the wheels got stuck in the bog.
See also whīra
3. (loan) (noun) propeller.
E kī ana a Pāhana, te tangata nōna taua tima, ki te whakanuia ake te mīhini ka taea te 5,000 me te 10,000 hurihanga o te wīra i te meneti (TP 1/1900:12). / Parson, the man who owns the steamer, said that if the engine is enlarged, it would be possible to achieve 5,000 and 10,000 revolutions of the propeller per minute.
2. (loan) (noun) will - written directions regarding one's property after death.
I mate wira kore hoki taua kaumātua (TW 20/7/1878:366). / That kaumātua died without a will.
tūru wīra
1. (loan) (noun) wheelchair.
I tana pānga e te mate rehu ohotata i te tau 1993 me te poronga atu o ōna waewae i te mate huka, haere tonu ai ia ki ngā hui a Te Ohu Kai Moana mā runga tūru wīra (TTR 2000:49). / After he had a stroke in 1993 and his legs were amputated because of diabetes, he continued attending the meetings of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission in a wheelchair.
2. (loan) (noun) drafting a will, making a will.
Ko tētahi o ngā tino take o tēnei hui ko ngā tohutohu me ngā whakaakoranga mō te hanga wira (TTT 1/10/1931:56). / One of the main purposes of this meeting is instruction and teaching about drafting a will.
mate wira kore
1. (loan) (stative) be deceased intestate, die without leaving a will.
Ko Turutu i mate wira kore, nā reira i kī ai taua wahine (te kaipitihana) ko tana tamaiti te mea tika mō aua whenua (TJ 20/10/1898:14). / Turutu died intestate, so that woman (the petitioner) says that her child is the right one to inherit those lands.
