wheinga
1. (noun) enemy, foe, rival, opposition, adversary, opponent.
Kua whakateka ngā kaititiro hōia ki te tūnga o tētahi wheinga i te wāhi e whawhai ai ngā hōia Ingarihi ki te pēneti (MM.TKM 4/1855:48). / Military observers have doubted that any enemy have ever stood against English soldiers fighting with bayonets.
Synonyms: tautētete, whewheia, kaitāwari, hoariri, hoa tautohe, hoa kakari, whakahē, kaikiri, kātata, tāwhai, tauwhāinga
2. (noun) affray, fight, conflict, clash, skirmish.
3. (noun) very old person, elderly person.
Menā kei te tika te reo o roto, he aha te hē o te tāpae i ōna ritenga ki te reo rangatira o ō tātou wheinga (HM 2/1999:3). / If the language in them is correct, what is wrong with presenting them in the noble language of our elderly people.
