1. (modifier) towards the north-east, north-eastwards.
Mahue mai a Awherika ka anga atu ō tātou kanohi whaka-te-pāwhakarua ki Īnia (KO 15/4/1885:1). / Africa is left behind and we face towards the north-east to India.
See also whaka-
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