wae
1. (verb) (-a) to divide, part, separate.
Ka waea te pō, ka waea te ao (W 1971:472). / Night and day were separated.
Synonyms: kōwaewae, kaupeka, kōwae, wāhi, moka, kōihi, wāhanga, taha, wawae, kōwai, nahenahe, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, whakawehe, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to clear away.
Waea mai ngā tahuere, arā ngā ururua (W 1971:361). / Clear away the scrub, that is the undergrowth.
3. (noun) leg, foot.
E kore e mārō te hīkoi o te wae i ngā huanui o Tarawera, i te mataku ki te hoa kairiri nei, ki a Ririwai (M 2006:366). / One cannot walk boldly along the highways of Tarawera, because of fear of that hostile rival, Ririwai.
