ihi
1. (verb) (-a) to split, divide, separate, strip.
Ka whai atu a Māui, ka ihi te kauae o Murirakawhenua (Tr 1874:39). / Māui took the jawbone of Murirangawhenua and split it in two.
Synonyms: nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
