whawhe
1. (verb) (-a) to manipulate, disturb, interfere with, meddle, operate on.
Mehemea e 24 ngā mea kua whakaritea hei rāwekeweke mā te ākonga, me āta whawhe e ia aua taonga rā kia rua ngā rōpu tekau ngā mea o roto, ā, kia kotahi te rōpū kei reira ngā mea e whā e toe mai ana (Pa 1996:17). / If there are 24 items that have been organised for the student to play with, she must must manipulate them into two groups of ten and there should be one group of the four things left over.
Synonyms: whāwhā, raweke, rāwekeweke, rāpoi, haukeke, auwaha
2. (verb) to go round, come round.
Nā, ka rere atu i reira ā Muriwhenua. Tapaa iho ko North Cape. Ka whawhe ki te tai hauāuru. Ka ahu whakatetonga (MM.TKM 1/1856:10). / Then, they sailed from there as far as Muriwhenua, which was named North Cape, and then came round to the west coast, and headed south.
3. (verb) (-a) to encircle, circle.
Ko te āwhiotanga o te ao e 25,000 māero, nā te whai ki ngā moutere, ki ngā wāhi whāiti o ngā moana i eke ai ki te 27,500 māero te rerenga o ngā waka o ngā Marikena. He rere tino roa tēnei i whawhe nei i te ao (TTT 1/2/1928:730). / The circumference of the world is 25,000 miles, but by following the islands and the narrow parts of the oceans the flight of the Americans' aircraft increases to 27,500 miles. This is an extremely long flight that circles the world.
4. (verb) (-a) to put round, gird.
Homai taku tātua kia whawhea (NM 1928:84). / Give me my belt to be put around me.
