taewa
1. (loan) (modifier) like potatoes.
I rongo au ko tēnei kai, ko te huahua, mā te waha rangatira anake e kai. I tēnei hui e kainga taewatia ana, ā rukea ake mā te kurī e kai (TJ 12/4/1898:6). / I heard that this food, preserved birds, was only for chiefly mouths to eat. At this meeting they were eaten like potatoes and even thrown out for dogs to eat.
2. (loan) (noun) potato, Solanum tuberosum.
I tērā tau kore rawa he taewa o Aotea i mate (TP 11/1905:8). / Last year not one potato plant died on Great Barrier Island.
See also pārete
