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tīwhera

1. (verb) to be open, expanded, spread, spread-eagled.

Ka eke a Ruatapu ki te takere o te waka, ka tīwheratia ngā kūhā o Rua ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha o te waka (White 3 1889:20). / Ruatapu climbed onto the keel of the canoe with his thighs spread apart on each side of the canoe.

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Synonyms: marake, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, areare, kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, mawhera, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare, tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, whakatuhera, huaki, poare, hīrikore, are, pōaha, puakaha, raha, tūraha, tawhera


2. (modifier) (-tia) spread-eagled, spread.

Kāore he wāhi o taua awa e nui atu ana i te toru putu te whānui, nō reira heoi te tū tika mō te tangata he tū tīwhera, arā ko tētahi waewae i tētahi taha o te awa tū ai, ko tētahi waewae i tētahi taha, kia kore ai e tāwhiwhi te aho ki ngā rarauhe me ngā ponga (TWMNT 9/3/1875:58). / No part of that stream was wider than three feet, so the best way to stand was spread-eagled, that is with one foot on one side of the stream and the other foot on the other side so that the line would not become entangled with the bracken fern and silver fern trees.

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