2. (verb) to be extended, spread out, wide apart.
Kia whangawhanga te tū o ngā waewae, arā kia tātahi (W 1971:488). / Stand with the feet extended, that is wide apart.
3. (verb) to be troublesome.
Kaua tātou e whangawhanga ki tā Waikato e mahi mai nei (MM.TKM 3/8/1860:57). / Do not let us trouble ourselves with what Waikato are doing.
4. (noun) looper moth, looper caterpillar, geometrid, palmerworm (Biblical) - a small caterpillar which progresses by looping its body and has no legs in the middle of its body.
Ā ka whakahokia mai e ahau ki a koutou ngā tau i kainga e te māwhitiwhiti, e te tatarakihi, e te moka, e te whangawhanga, e taku ope nui i tukua atu e ahau ki a koutou (PT Hoera 2:25). / And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Synonyms: tāwhana, tāwhanawhana
