tīwhana
1. (verb) (-tia) to curve, arch.
Ko tōna waka ko Tākitimu, ko tōna atua ko Kahukura, mokopuna a Uenuku e tīwhana nei i te rangi, i roto i te āwhā me te hau (TPH 30/10/1903:1). / His canoe was Tākitimu, his atua was Kahukura, grandchild of Uenuku who curves across the sky in the storms and wind.
2. (noun) lines of moko over the eyebrows.
Nōwhea e oti i a ia, i a Te Māhuki, ngā pūhoro, me ngā peke-ngārara - ngā pūtaringa, te ngū, ngā tītī, ngā tīwhana, me ērā atu hanga (KO 14/4/1883:5). / There was no way that he, Te Māhuki, could complete the tattoos on the thighs, on the limbs, the marks under the ears, on the side of the nose, the uppermost lines on the forehead, the lines above the eyebrows, and other ornamentation.
