2. (verb) to be sodden, sagging, heavy.
Āwai ana te tuanui o te tēneti i te nui o te ua (PK 2008:49). / The roof of the tent is sagging from so much rain.
Synonyms: kowhana, pītawitawi, pūngohe, pingohe
3. (modifier) heavy, intensive, relentless.
Ahakoa te mura o te pū, te rere āwai o te matā, kīhai rawa rātou i hoki whakamuri (TKO 15/6/1917:7). / Despite the blazing of the guns and the heavy fire of bullets, they did not retreat.
Synonyms: papahueke
4. (noun) current, flow.
Ko te tari pārera kei te āwai e tāhei ana; kei te pō ka haere taua manu ki roto ki taua āwai i whakatūtia rā taua māhanga rā, ka mau (JPS 1926:44). / The duck snare is set in the current; and at night that bird goes into the current where that trap was set and is caught.
5. (noun) dragging (of singing).
E hoa mā, kāti te āwai i te waiata, tukuna kia rere (RTP 2015:50). / My friends, stop dragging out the singing, let it flow.
