tuwha
1. (verb) (-ina) to spit, spit out, expectorate, distribute.
Ko Rotaera (tētahi tino tāngata whai moni kei te ao nei) ko ngā moni e £8,000 i riro mai i a ia te winitanga o tōna hōiho i te Reihi i Pārihi kua tuwhaina e ia aua moni mā ngā rawakore (TJ 28/6/1898:2). / Rothschild (one of the richest men in the world) who received £8,000 when his horse won the race in Paris, has distributed that money for the poor.
2. (verb) (-tia,-ia,-ina) to distribute, apportion.
Tērā tātau e rongo kei te tuwha haere a Henare i ana hipi, i ana kau ki a Ngāti Porou, hei kaihaukai māna ki tōna iwi, he nui nō tōna aroha! (TP 7/1900:8). / We have heard that, because of his charity, Henare is distributing his sheep and cows to Ngāti Porou as feasts for his people.
