whakawehewehe
1. (verb) (-a) to separate, divide, sort out.
He mea whakawehewehe, he mea pūraurau hoki ētahi o ngā taunekeneke i waenganui i ētahi o ngā mātua, ngā mema o te komiti whakahaere matua, ngā kaimahi me te rōpū whakahaere. / Some of the relationships between some parents, executive committee members, staff and management are divisive and bitter.
Synonyms: tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, tuakoi, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe
2. (modifier) divisive, contentious, controversial.
Kai te noho tonu te mita o Kāi Tahu hai kaupapa whakawehewehe i te marea, ahakoa he reo Māori tō te takata, ka kore noa iho rānei, he whakaaro tonu tō tēnā, tō tēnā mō te mana me te oraka o te mita o Kāi Tahu (Ipukarea 2014). / The Ngāi Tahu accent continues to be a contentious issue amongst the public, whether the person has the Māori language or not, and each person has an opinion about the status and the state of Ngāi Tahu's accent.
3. (noun) divisiveness, separation, schism, rift.
Ko te whakawehewehe o te rōpū te kaupapa matua o tā tātou hui. / The divisiveness of the group is the main concern of our meeting.
Synonyms: kōaka, tauwehe, motumotu, whakawehenga, wehenga, weheruatanga, whakawehe, whakamana wehenga
