2. (verb) to leap, skip.
Ki te taha whakararo ko Marutuahu, ko Ngāti Pāoa, ko Tama-te-rā ki Te Pai o Hauraki ē. Ka mawhiti rā taku haere ki te tihi o Maungatautari, ki Kemureti, ki te oko horoi o taku tīpuna, o Tāwhiao ē (Kāretu 1987:29). / To the north are Marutuahu and Ngāti Pāoa and at the marae of Te Pai o Hauraki are Tama-te-rā. I skip over the hills to Maungatautari, to Cambridge, to the wash-bowl of sorrow of my ancestor, Tāwhiao.
Synonyms: tarapeke, tiapu, rei, mokohiti, mokopeke, mokowhiti, mahiti, peke, rēinga, rere, tūpeke
3. (verb) to escape, flee.
Mawhiti te weka i te mahanga e hokia anō? (TP 1/10/1902). / When the weka escapes from the trap will it return again?
4. (noun) crustacean.
Ko te nuinga o ngā mawhiti he noho wai, pērā i te pāpaka, te koeke me te kōura (RP 2009:286). / Most crustaceans are aquatic, such as the crab, the shrimp and the crayfish (RP 2009:286).
