wherawhera
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia) to open out, spread out, fan out.
Haere ki a Wiremu wherawhera mai ai i ngā whārangi, nā ka kitea aua kupu i reira, nō reira he aha kē tēnei tāwai i te reo? (HM 4/2009:3) / Go to Williams' dictionary and open the pages and those words will be found there, so just what is this criticism of the language about?
2. (noun) opening.
Ka aroha taku Wīremu - tata tonu ka whati tana tuarā i te kaha o taku wherawhera i ōna whārangi (HM 1/1999:4). / How sad for my Williams dictionary - its spine is nearly broken from my thumbing through it so much.
Synonyms: wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puare, pūahaaha, pūwaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, putanga, whakatuhera, puta, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, pūaha, wāhi
