whiwhi
1. (verb) to have, acquire, possess, win (a prize, etc.), obtain, get, receive - used as an ordinary verb but not passively.
Kua whiwhi ia i tētahi karahipi. / She has won a scholarship.
Kātahi au ka whiwhi pūtu mōku (HP 1991:26). / It was the first time I had boots.
I te nui o ngā mea i whiwhi rā te tuakana, ka noho ko te hūngeingei te kai a te teina (PK 2008:155). / Because of the amount of things the older brother had, the younger brother was consumed with resentment.
See also whakawhiwhi
