kawe
1. (verb) (-a) to carry, convey, take, bear.
Ko ngā moni kua kohia me whakaputu ki te pēke, ā ko te itarete kia £20 pea hei kawe i te tamaiti mōhio ki Te Aute (TP 8/1900:3). / The money that has been collected should be deposited in the bank, and the interest, perhaps £20, should be used to send an intelligent child to Te Aute.
2. (noun) conveying, taking.
Mai i taua wā ko te whatumanawa o Te Kere ko te whakahohou i te rongo, te wā hoki i tīmata ai tana kawe i tana kupu ki te nuinga o ngā rohe o Te Ika-a-Māui (TTR 1994:144). / From that time Te Kere was committed to making peace, and it was the time when he began to take his message most districts of the North Island.
3. (noun) handle (as of a basket).
I whiria ngā kawe o te kete e te kuia. / The elderly lady plaited the handles o the basket.
