wītā
1. (noun) small branches (of trees or shrubs).
"Tīkina atu he rākau wītā, arā rākau nonohi, maua mai ki a au." Ka tae mai aua rākau ki taua kaumātua, ka mahia e ia aua rākau hei paiere, ā herea ana aua rākau (TW 27/7/1878:374). / "Go and get some small branches and bring them to me." When those sticks arrived at the elder, he made them into a bundle and tied them them up.
2. (noun) inner second fence (of a pā) - one of the palisades of a pā between the pekerangi (outer fence) and the kātua (main fence).
E tū ana hoki te pā, mau ana te wehi o te tukuwaru whakairo o te pā, puta noa, me te wītā, me te pekerangi, i roto ko te parākiri (TP 3/1910:2). / And the pā stood there and the carved posts of the pā were awesome, from the inner fence and the outer palisade, into the innermost fence.
