tauwhanga
1. (verb) (-tia) to lie in wait, await.
Ka taka te whakaaro i ngā tāngata rā kia nohoia mai i tahaki ki te tauwhanga i ngā tāngata i tārai nei i tō rātou waka (NM 1926:43). / Those men formed the idea to remain to one side to lie in wait for the people who had fashioned their canoe.
Synonyms: taupua, tāpae, pehipehi, tauhanga, tāwhanga, whakamoho
