whitiwhiti
1. (verb) (-a) to change, turn, exchange, transfer, transpose, swap.
Kai ētahi o ngā whakapapa ka whitiwhiti haere te whakanoho i ngā tīpuna, ko te tāne ka waiho hei tamaiti mā te wahine, ko ngā tīpuna ka waiho hei mokopuna, ko ngā mokopuna ka whitikia atu hei tīpuna (TJ 8/3/1900:8). / With some of the genealogies the placings of the ancestors have been transposed, the husband has been made the son of the wife, the grandparents have been made as grandchildren, and grandchildren have been swopped to be grandparents.
2. (adjective) changeable, variable.
Kei ngā marama o te hōtoke he nui rawa te ua, he kaha te hau, he tūpuhi marangai: he āhua whitiwhiti kē te āhua o te rangi ki reira, he mea anō he nui rawa te pūmāhu me te haumākū anō o te rangi (TWMNT 28/7/1874:187). / During the winter months a great deal of rain falls, athere are strong winds and northerly gales; the climate is variable there, and sometimes it is very humid and damp.
3. (noun) exchanging.
Mehemea he take nui kei mua i te minenga, arā, ka tūtū mai ia kaikōrero me ōna whakaaro mō taua take, me te whitiwhiti whakaaro kia tau rā anō ngā whakaaro o te katoa (Rewi 2005:19). / If there is an important topic before the gathering, each speaker stands with his opinion about that matter, and the exchange of ideas occurs until a consensus is reached.
