rawa
1. (noun) goods, property, wealth, chattels, resource, asset.
He nui anō te whai rawa o te iwi kiri pango i te koura, i te hiriwa, i te peara me ngā kōhatu utu nui me te whenua (TPH 15/8/1900:2). / The blacks have great wealth in gold, silver, pearls and precious stones and land.
See also penapena rawa
Synonyms: matatiki, rauemi, mea, kame, taonga, utauta, āhuatanga, hautaonga, hanga
2. (noun) ground, cause, object.
He aha te rawa o taua haere? (W 1971:332). / What was the purpose of that trip?
Synonyms: ahanoa, tarawene, mea, tohe, tohetohe, taonga, whakakāhore, whakatoitoi, takunetanga
3. (noun) basis of a quarrel, dispute.
Ko te take o tērā rawa, he tahā manu (W 1971:332). / The cause of that dispute was a calabash of preserved birds.
