tāwhiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to bid welcome, wave to, beckon, fan (a fire).
Tāwhiritia te ope rā kia haere mai (W 1971:408). / Signal to that group to come here.
See also tāhiri
2. (verb) (-tia) to fan (a fire).
Ka whakakāngia, ka tāwhiritia, ā ka tahuna te umu (W 1971:409). / The oven was lit, fanned and then burned.
3. (verb) (-a) to whirl round.
Ko tōna hiawero, ānō he hīta e tāwhiria ana e ia (PT Hopa 40:17). / He moveth his tail like a cedar.
4. (modifier) welcoming.
Whakarāmemene mai ana, kuhu mai ana i Te Kōhao o te Ngira te tira a te Taura Whiri i runga i te kōnga o te reo tāwhiri o Ngāti Wairere (HM 4/1994:1). / The travelling party of Te Taura Whiri gathered and entered Te Kōhao o te Ngira when the welcoming call of Ngāti Wairere went out.
5. (noun) call of welcome.
Kātahi ka haere, ka tata, ka pā te tāwhiri a te pā, “Haere mai rā e te manuhiri tūārangi, nā taku pōtiki koe i tiki atu ki tāhapatū o te rangi, kukume mai ai ē ī!” (JPS 1893:214). / Then the welcome call of the people in the pā was heard, “Welcome, visitor from afar, my youngest child sought you on the distant horizon and drew thee hither!”
