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whakawehe

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to separate, divide.

He pakitara hoki kei te whakawehe i ngā taha e rua (TWK 9:37). / And a wall separates the two sides.
Whakawehea te tekau ki te rima, ka rua (10 ÷ 5 = 2) (TRP 2010:329). / Divide ten by five, and you get two (10 ÷ 5 = 2).
E iwa, whakawehea ki te toru, ka toru (9 ÷ 3 = 3). / Nine, divide it by three and you get three (9 ÷ 3 = 3).

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


2. (noun) separation, division.

I mataku tonu a Wātene ka kaha kē atu te whakawehe a te pire nei i te Māori i ōna whenua, inarā, koia rā te take pū o tōna urunga atu hei mema Pāremata (TTR 2000:240). / Wātene feared that this bill would strengthen the alienation of Māori from their land, and that was the issue at the heart of his entry as an MP.

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Synonyms: motumotu, whakawehenga, wehenga, whakawehewehe, weheruatanga, whakamana wehenga

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