rāwekeweke
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to prepare, repair, fiddle with, play with, manipulate.
Mehemea e 24 ngā mea kua whakaritea hei rāwekeweke mā te ākonga, me āta whawhe e ia aua taonga rā kia rua ngā rōpu tekau ngā mea o roto, ā, kia kotahi te rōpū kei reira ngā mea e whā e toe mai ana (Pa 1996:17). / If there are 24 items that have been organised for the student to play with, she must manipulate them into two groups of ten and there should be one group of the four things left over.
Synonyms: whawhe, whāwhā, raweke, rāpoi, raupine, tapi, tapitapi, aukaha, papani, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, tītakataka, rahurahu, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau
2. (noun) activity, action, deeds, exploits.
Nā ana rāwekeweke, ka puta ōna rongo ki te motu (TTR 1990:52). / His activities made him a national figure.
3. (noun) meddling, interference, disturbance.
He nui tonu ngā kōiwi he mea nehu tonu i tōna whenua i Pahinui, i Waipoua, ā, i te tau 1896 ka whakatūria he kōhatu whakamaharatanga, ko tāna anō hoki kia mutu kau ai te rāwekeweke i ngā kōiwi, ake tonu atu (TTR 1998:19). / Many bones were buried in her land at Pahinui, Waipoua, and in 1896 a commemorative obelisk was erected, with the purpose of ending forever disturbance of the bones.
Synonyms: raweke, whawhewhawhe
4. (noun) function, operating (a machine, etc.).
E kore e mau i a au ngā rāwekeweke o te mīhini nei. He uaua rawa (HJ 2015:50). / I'll never master this machine. It's too difficult.
5. (noun) appliance.
Kia nui haere te utu o ngā kai me ngā rāwekeweke o ia rā, ka nui haere anō te amuamu o te iwi (HJ 2015:118). / When the cost of daily food and appliances increases, the people's complaints also increase.
