tauwehe
1. (verb) (-a) to separate, remove, divide.
Nā, he hē tēnei mehemea ka tupu ake te ngākau tarahae, te mauāhara, hei tauwehe i ngā iwi e rua, i te Pākehā, i te Māori (MM.TKM 14/7/1860:11). / Now, this is wrong if jealousy and hatred develops to divide the two peoples, Pākehā and Māori.
Synonyms: tango, mākerekere, whakahorohoro, unuunu, hīkaro, huaranga, hura, opeope, kāhaki, maiki, hiki, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake
2. (noun) split, division, rift.
Ka mutu nei te tauwehe o ngā apataki o te Rōpū Rātana o te takiwā nei ki te Rōpū Reipa, tū ana a Tiaki hei kaiwhakauru mō te Rōpū Reipa i te pōtitanga mō te tūru o Te Tai Rāwhiti i te tau 1943 (TTR 1998:123). / When the split between the followers of Rātana and the Labour Party ended, Tiaki stood as the Labour candidate for the Eastern Māori seat in 1943.
Synonyms: whakawehewehe, kōaka
3. (noun) factor.
Ina whakawehea tētahi tau ki ōna tauwehe, kāore he toenga. Ko ngā tauwehe o te 8, ko te 1, te 2, te 4, me te 8 (TRP 2010:287). / If a number is divided by its factors there is no remainder. The factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4 and 8.
