kīwei
1. (noun) loop, handle (of a basket).
Nō tētehi o ōna haerenga ki Taranaki i te takiwā o 1864, i whakarērea iho e ia tētehi o āna tino ohaoha pēnei nā: 'Kei a koe Taranaki tētehi kīwei o te kete, kei a au kei a Waikato tētehi. He tamaiti ka haeremai māna hei whakaemiemi ngā kai o roto.' (TTR 1994:132). / On one of his trips to Taranaki about 1864, he left one of his important sayings: 'You, Taranaki, have one handle of the kit, and I, Waikato, have the other. A child will come some day and gather together its contents.'
2. (noun) shoot, runner (of a gourd plant, etc.).
Ko te hue a ngā tūpuna o mātou o mua, ko te hue e meatia nei hei tahā ngā hua, he hue maene taua tū hue, arā, māmori, kāore he taratara. Nō te taenga mai nei o ngā hue o te Pākehā, nā, he taratara kei ngā rau, me ngā kīwei (JPS 1893:61). / In former times the gourd of our ancestors, the fruit of which was used as a calabash, was a type of gourd with a smooth skin, that is, it was bare and had no rough prickles. When the gourds of the Pākehā arrived they had prickles on the leaves and runners.
Synonyms: kīwai
