2. (noun) water bottle, flask, water jug - traditionally made from gourd as a calabash.
I whakaae anō hoki ia ki te takawai wai moana hei whakamānawa māna i te tūroro, hei hiki rānei i te tapu, mahue ana te wai māori ki rahaki (TTR 1998:50). / He accepted a flask of sea water, which he used in place of fresh water, to bless the patient and remove tapu.
3. (noun) quartz.
Ka pēnei te tikanga tango koura; ka orohia te toka takawai kia mata kirikiri, kātahi ka horoia ki te cyanide hei tango i te koura (Te Ara 2015). / Extracting gold was done this way: Quartz rock was pounded to a fine grit, then it was rinsed with cyanide to extract the gold.
4. (noun) silicon (Si).
Ko te kiri pīataata o runga i aua taonga uku, i mahia ki te takawai (PK 2008:830). / The shiny surface on those pottery items was made with silicon.
