2. (noun) narrow gully, gorge, ravine, valley.
Ka whakahaua mātau kia whakawhiti i tētahi kōawaawa, kātahi mātau ka haere tika atu, kāore i roa kua whewheo haere anō te matā i ō mātau taringa (TPH 31/10/1900:2). / We were ordered to cross a gorge, then we went straight forward and it wasn't long before bullets were whistling around our ears.
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