2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to separate, place apart.
Ka utua e mātou ngā pauna moni e rima ki te tangata māna e whāki mai ki runga ki te ritenga o te ture te tangata, ngā tāngata rānei, nāna i wāwahi i ngā taiepa e tiriwā ana i ō mātou kāinga (TWM 2/7/1868:1). / Wewill pay five pounds to the person who reveals to us, according to the law, the person, or people, who broke down the fences separating our homes.
Synonyms: nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
3. (verb) (-tia) to fill (a gap), stop (a gap).
Ki te kore he tamariki hei tiriwa mō ngā kaumātua e mate ana, he mea mārama noa he ngaro he mutunga mō te iwi Māori (TP 2/1907:9). / If there are no children to replace the elders dying, it's quite clear that in the end the Māori people will disappear.
4. (noun) space, interval, compartment, district.
Kia whakaritea tikatia ngā Rūnanga Māori, kia whai mana ai te whakatakoto tikanga mō ngā mea ririki o tōna tiriwā (TMT 15/2/1861:2). / That the Māori Rūnauga lawfully constituted should have power to recommend regulations for the local affairs of its district.
