1. (verb) to wander, roam.
Kaua e maewa noa i te ngahere, kei takatakahia e koe ngā punua rākau kei te pihi ake (PK 2008:369). / Don't wander in the forest in case you tread on the young sprouting plants.
Synonyms: tahawhenua, kaea, kaipaoe, kōkewa, āmio, hāereere, ātiutiu, amio, kaewa, hākoke, kāewaewa, atiti, ngau, whēkoi, kaipāwe
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