2. (verb) to be idling, loafing.
Kei ngā kāinga e kaweka haere ana (W 1971:111). / They're at their homes loafing about.
3. (noun) ridge (of a hill).
He taupae hiwi kōhatu e takoto ana i waenganui, i te taha nōta puta noa ki te taha tonga. E rua ngā keokeonga o taua kaweka e neke ake ana i te kotahi mano putu te teitei (TWMNT 9/3/1875:56). / A range of rocky hills lies in the middle from the northern side to the southern. There are two peaks of that ridge that are over one thousand feet high.
4. (noun) crest, pinnacle.
Kia ora koutou i tēnei tau hou kia piki, kia kake, kia maiangi ki te kaweka o tēnei taonga, o te tika (KO 15/1/1885:1). / New Year greetings to you all and may you climb, ascend and rise to the pinnacle of this quality, of righteousness.
Synonyms: keokeo, tāpuhipuhi, karamata, poutūmārōtanga, tāmore, kōmata o te rangi, poutūmārō, karamatamata
5. (noun) indefinite answer.
Tinihangatia ana te whakahokinga atu ki te hunga pātai mai, whakaawangawangatia ana te kupu, kia hē rawa ake i tētahi kaweka, kua waiho i tētahi kaweka te tikanga, kia tika ai, kei kīia kua hē te matakite a te tohunga (MM.TKM 15/6/1857:4). / The responses to the interrogators were devious with confusing answers, and if one indirect answer was incorrect another meaning could be taken in case it could be said that the prediction of the priest was incorrect.
6. (noun) indirect line of descent.
