ngaue
1. (verb) to shake, quiver.
Ka kī atu ki ana hoa, “E kite koutou i te taura o te punga e ngaue ana, hutia ake; erangi tāria mai ahau i konei.” (JPS 1896:120). / He said to his companions, “When you see the cable of the anchor shaking, pull it up; but wait here for me.”
Synonyms: kūreperepe, oioi, rū, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, ārohirohi, ngāoraora, ngatari, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi
2. (verb) to become agitated, waver.
I whakaae katoa a Te Arawa ki te whakakotahitanga o ngā iwi Māori hei hāpai i te reo kotahi o ngā iwi Māori o ngā motu e rua, ā, i te uaua kua tino ngaue rawa te Kāwanatanga (TP 9/1905:2). / Te Arawa all agreed to the unification of the Māori tribes as a means of raising one voice of the Māori tribes of the two islands, and because of the resolution the Government has become very agitated.
