kōwae
1. (verb) (-a,-na,-tia) to divide, separate, part, select.
Synonyms: māhiti, kōwhiti, kōhari, kōwhiri, whiriwhiri, kōhiti, kaiwhiri, kōwai, tūtahi, kōwaewae, kaupeka, wāhi, moka, kōihi, wae, wāhanga, taha, wawae, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, nahenahe, tokorau, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, whakawehe
2. (noun) selection, separating out.
Nō reira anō hoki i tīmata ai te kōwae o ngā tāngata (TMT 15/7/1861:15). / And so he began to select people.
Synonyms: tīpakonga, tīpako, kōwhiringa, whiringa, kōwhitinga
3. (noun) division, paragraph, part.
Nā Rēweti hoki i tango te kōwae tuarua, ā, ko ngā kōrero e whai ake nei e mau tonu ki tā Mānihera i tuhi rā (RK 1994:147). / Rēweti also removed the second paragraph and the following text retains what Mānihera actually wrote.
4. (noun) module.
Ka whakaritea kia whitu ngā kōwae ako e oti mai i roto i te rua tau, ā, e rua marama te wā e whakaritea ana mō ia kōwae ako (HM 1/1993:9). / It was arranged that there be seven learning modules to be completed over two years and each learning module would be for two months.
