mahue
1. (verb) (-tia) to be put off, take off, left.
Tēnā, mahuetia ngā kākahu! / Well then, take off the clothes!
Mahuetia ōna hoa ki tō rātou waka. / Her friends were left at their canoe.
Ka mahuetia te tau tawhito me ngā taumahatanga. / The old year with its difficulties was left behind.
Synonyms: mauī, unu, whakaanuanu, pāuhu, tuku
2. (stative) be laid aside, put off (clothes, etc.), put down.
Mahara noa a Tiopira kua mate ina hoki te roa e ngaro ana ki raro, mahue atu i a ia tana rāti (TP 10/1902:11). / Tiopira thought that it was dead due to the length of time it had been below, so he put down his harpoon.
3. (stative) be left behind, deserted, given up, abandoned, passed by, left out, omitted, missed out, gone by, separated (marital status).
Nā tō pōturi i mahue tātou i te tai. / Because you were so slow we missed the tide.
I tana tomokanga i te Whare Pāremata, mahue ake ana i a ia ētehi o tōna whānau whānui hai āwhina i ngā mea pakeke o te kāinga. / When he entered Parliament he left some of his extended family to help the older ones of the village.
