tāuwhiuwhi
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to sprinkle.
Hei hiki i te tapu, i mua i tō rāua haerenga atu ki te pāparakāuta o Tāneatua, he mea tāuwhiuwhi e Wī ngā moni ki te wai awa, me tana mea anō ki tana hoa, kua tino mataku kē nei tērā, kia kopi tonu ōna ngutu (TTR 2000:247). / To neutralise any tapu, before they went to the Tāneatua Hotel Whitu sprinkled the money with river water and told his friend, who was very frightened, to keep his lips sealed.
See also tā-
2. (noun) shower (washing the body).
Ko ētahi o ngā kōrero i raro nei, mō te horoi i te hōpua (he 'tāpu' ki ētahi), ko ētahi mō te horoi i te tāuwhiuwhi (HJ 2012:216). / Some of the language below is for washing in the bath (a tub to some), others are for washing in the shower.
