2. (noun) large splitting wedge - for splitting trees and timber.
He pipi te tuatahi, he kaunuku te tuarua (W 1971:107). / The first one was a small entering wedge, the second a large splitting wedge.
3. (noun) centre of an army.
4. (noun) midfielder, half, centre.
5. (noun) maul.
Ko te mea rerekē o te whutupaoro ki ētahi atu momo o te whutupaoro, ko te āhei o te tangata kia oma me te pōro, te tukituki o ngā tinana, ngā kakari me ngā kaunuku (Te Ara 2015). / What distinguished rugby from other football games was that players were permitted to run with the ball, and the clash of bodies, the scrums and the mauls.
Synonyms: ketuketutanga, mōro, tā
