whakaaweawe
1. (verb) (-tia) to place at a distance, out of reach, recede into the distance.
Ka oti te takutaku ka tukua te teka kia rere, kātahi ka rere, whakaaweawe ki runga, aua rawa atu ki runga, kātahi anō ka ahu te uru o te teka ki te whenua, tau noa atu e toru tekau takoto te mataratanga i ā ētahi katoa (JPS 1925:313). / When he had completed the ritual chant he launched the dart and it flew a great distance upwards then the head of the dart turned toward the earth and it fell thirty takoto beyond all the others.
Synonyms: aweawe
2. (verb) to influence, have an effect on, have an impact on, affect.
E kore tētahi reo o te ao nei e kore e panoni, ka whakaaweawetia mai taua reo rā e te reo e ponitaka ana i taua reo rā, pēnei i a tātau me te reo Pākehā (Kāretu 2015). / There isn't a language of this world that doesn't change and is influenced by the language that surrounds it, as we are with the English language.
3. (modifier) influential.
Ko te tau i whānau ai a Tāpihana, ko te tau āno hoki i meinga a Paraire hei minita Wēteriana, ā, whāia i muri ake hei āpotoro Rātana whakaaweawe, mema Pāremata atu hoki (TTR 2000:139). / The year that Tāpihana was born was also the year that Paraire became a Methodist minister and later an influential Rātana leader and Member of Parliament.
4. (noun) influence.
Kei roto i ngā tangi ngā tikanga tuku iho, kāre anō kia rerekē ahakoa te whakaaweawe a te Pākehā (Te Ara 2013). / Traditional practices are maintained in tangi, which have changed little despite Pākehā influence.
