hahae
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to slit, lacerate, tear, cut, slash.
Haere mai tonu te taraka nei, tukia tonuhia te taha katau o te pahi, hahaetia ana taua taha katoa (HP 1991:8). / This truck continued coming, crashing right into the right side of the bus, tearing away all that side.
Synonyms: hōripiripi, haehae, whakangaeke, whakahaehae, hae, harakuku, hōripi, rarapi
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to appear, shine (of stars and dawn). Usually haea in the passive form.
I te hahaetanga mai o te ata, ka kite ia i tētahi moutere (TJ 5/1/1899:10). / When the morning dawned he saw an island.
3. (noun) slit, cut, incision, notch.
Ko te pūwerewere. He tāruarua te noho whakahāngai o ētahi hahae e toru, e whā rānei, ki roto i tētahi awaawa āhua whānui nei (RTA 2014:210). / The pūwerewere carving design. A repetition of three or four cuts lying at right angles in a quite wide groove.
Synonyms: tōkari, whakakāniwha, whakataratara, kāniwha, pakini
4. (noun) slash, macron.
E whakaae ana mātou ki te kupu a Te Mete, ko te hahae i runga i te 'e' te mea tika, pēnei me tō te Paipera tikanga, kāhore e whakaruatia ana ngā reta (TP 6/1905:5). / We agree with what Mr Smith says that the macron above the 'e' is the correct thing, like the practice of the Bible in that the letters are not doubled.
Synonyms: tohutō
