tawhātanga
1. (noun) gap, chasm, hollow (in a ridge), saddle (in a ridge).
Tuatoru i tēnei kaumātua kua mate nei kua takoto he tawhātanga whānui ki waenganui i te ao hou me te ao tawhito (TKO 5/9/1916:3). / The third thing about this elder who has died is that a wide gap existed between the new world and the old one.
Synonyms: tāwhatitanga, tārua