maheu
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to scatter, scattered.
Haere mai kia kite i a mātou i ngā maramara o te waka a Porourangi i maheu mai ki tēnei wāhi (TWM 30/8/1870:7). / Come and see us, the chips off Porourangi's canoe scattered about in this place.
Synonyms: korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara, katea, tīrangorango, kūwawa, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wawā, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, pīwawa, tīrangaranga
2. (modifier) overgrown (with weeds, etc.).
Me waere te ara maheu kia kite ai te tangata e haere pēhea ana ia (PK 2008:371). / The overgrown path should be cleared so that one can see where she is going.
3. (noun) trail, track - through fern or scrub.
Ko te rōpū tuarua (ā-matatau tāku e mea nei) i āhua pērā anō, arā, ko te nuinga kua neke atu pea i te tekau tau e takahi ana i ngā huanui, i ngā maheu, i ngā pokatata, i ngā ara katoa e ātaahua ake ai tō rātou reo (HM 4/1994:5). / The second group (I'm saying that they are fluent) are similar, that is, the majority have been walking the roads, the tracks, the short routes and all the paths whereby their language will be beautiful for probably more than ten years.
