aweawe
1. (verb) be at a distance, out of reach.
Ka torona te teka mā runga i te awa o te tuarā o te whaea. Kātahi ka tukua kia rere a Tiritiri-o-Matangi, ā, ka rere i konei, aweawe ana te rere i te takiwā, tau rawa atu i Tīrau (JPS 1925:315). / The dart was launched via the depression in his mother's back. When Tiritiri-o-Matangi was released it flew and rose from here, rising to a great distance in the air, finally landing at Tīrau.
Synonyms: whakaaweawe
3. (verb) (-tia) to have power, influence.
Kaha ana te aweawetia o Hēnare e ngā kaihautū Māori o te motu me ngā rangatira anō o Te Tai Tokerau (TTR 2000:68). / Hēnare was strongly influenced by national Māori leaders and the chiefs of Northland.
4. (modifier) influential.
Ko tōna matua ko Rē Te Tai, tētahi o ngā rangatira aweawe o Te Rarawa i te rohe o Te Hokianga i te tekau tau atu i 1890, i te wā o muri mai hoki (TTR 1994:53). / Her father, Rē Te Tai, was one of the influential chiefs of Te Rarawa in the Hokianga district in the 1890s and later.
5. (noun) influence.
I taka anō hoki a ia ki raro i te aweawe o ngā mihingare rā (TTR 2000:53). / He also came under the influence of those missionaries.
6. (noun) reach.
Kai tua atu te toa i te aweawe o te tautauā (Ng 1993:376). / Bravery is beyond the reach of a coward.
