1. person related to two tribes - who may back one side and then the other.
Kia tūpato tātou i te kaiwhakarua nā. Kāre hoki tātau e mōhio ana pēnā ia ka whawhai i ō tātau taha, i te taha rānei o te hoariri (PK 2008:195). / We should be careful of that relation also related to another tribe. We don't know if he will fight on our side or on the side of the enemy.
Synonyms: waewae tīwhera
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