1. (verb) (kawea kētia) to divert, change, deviate, alter.
Mehemea ka kawea ketia te raina ka pau te moni neke ake i te whā mano pauna (£4,000), ka kino hoki ngā kōpikopikonga o taua raina, ka ikeike ngā pikitanga (TWMNT 6/2/1877:55). / If the line was diverted it would entail a cost of over four thousand pounds (£4,000), and it would have bad curves and steep gradients.
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