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waenganui

1. (location) the middle, among, midst, amid, between, the intervening space - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 121;)

Kei waenganui o te whare me te taiepa tō mātou karāti. / Our garage is between the house and the fence.

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See also waengarahi, waengapū, waenga

Synonyms: waenga, waengarahi, kōpū


2. (location) between (of time).

waenganui o te tau, kātahi anō ka puta mai te whakaatu, kua whakaae mai rātou ki tā mātou tono. / In the middle of the year the notification arrived that finally they had agreed to our request.

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