ngahae
1. (verb) to be pregnant, with child.
Ka ngahae a Ruataupare ka mea atu ki te tāne kia tīkina a Te Ihiko' hei wahine māna, ahakoa he tāne anō tāna (M 2006:66). / When Ruataupare became pregnant she told her husband to go and get Te Ihiko', as another wife for him, although that lady had a husband (M 2006:67).
See also hapū
2. (verb) to be torn.
3. (verb) to be torn asunder, brockenhearted, grief-stricken.
I ngahae nui ai te tau o taku ate (M 2006:96). / And now torn asunder are my heart strings (M 2006:97).
4. (verb) to be lacerated, cut about.
Ko te tinana o te whakaahua ko te Karaiti, i te wā i whiua ai ia e ngā hōia i mua atu i tōna rīpekatanga; e pōtae ana te karauna tātarāmoa ki tōna rae, kei tōna ringa he kākaho, ko tōna kiri kua ngahae katoa i te whiunga (TP 6/1906:5). / The main part of the painting was of Christ at the time he was being whipped by the soldiers before his crucifixion. The crown of thorns is on his forehead, a culm of toetoe is in his hand and his skin has been all lacerated from the whipping.
5. (verb) to dawn.
