āwhiwhi
1. (verb) to be near.
E toru ngā rerenga o te 'Reliance' rāua ko te 'Hamurara III', kore rawa a te 'Hamurara' i āwhiwhi, ka takoto tonu anō te kapu i Amerika (TP 9/1903:4). / The 'Reliance' and the 'Shamrock III' had three races and the 'Shamrock' didn't get near so the cup remains in America.
Synonyms: maruatata, marutata, kātata, whātata, pātata, taitata, tātata, pahaki
2. (modifier) approximate.
Ka whakamahia ngā tau āwhiwhi hei whakatau tata i te otinga o tētahi paheko (TRP 2010:322). / Approximate numbers are used to estimate the result of an operation.
