whatiwhati
1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to break, break off, snap (a number of times), break into pieces.
Me kore ake te pāhauhau i kore ai ngā māhuri e whatiwhati i te hau (PK 2008:557). / Fortunately for the shelter belt the saplings didn't get broken by the wind.
See also whati
2. (verb) (-a) to collect, assemble, gather.
Kātahi ka haere te tangata ki te whatiwhati ope māna (W 1971:491). / Then the man went off to assemble a party for himself.
3. (noun) to move the hips from side to side.
Hei aha te whēterotero o te arero, te tīkorokoro o ngā karu, te whatiwhati i te hope (HKW 1/6/1901:6). / Never mind the poking out of the tongue, the rolling of the eyes, and the moving of the hips from side to side.
