waha
1. (noun) mouth, entrance, gate, opening, inlet, outlet – anything that is like a mouth.
Ina pania te parāoa ki te tiamu kia tere tonu te whawhao i te parāoa ki roto o te waha; ki te kore ka kapi katoa te parāoa i te rango (TTT 1/9/1931:39). / When the bread is spread with jam quickly put it into your mouth; if you don't the bread will be covered with blowflies.
Me kāpui te waha o te pēke kia kore ai e maringi ō māpere (HJ 2017:17). / Pull the top of the bag closed so that your marbles won't spill out.
Synonyms: pūahatanga, māngai, tametame, kūwaha, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, pūaha, wāhi, wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puare, puta, pūwaha, angotanga, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, wherawhera, putanga, whakatuhera, pūahaaha
2. (noun) voice.
I rangona ake ki te waha e rarā iho ana i te tauwharenga kōwhatu o Moerangi, ānō he whēke rākau (NM 1928:134). / The voice was heard resounding down from the overhanging rock of Moerangi, as if it was a creaking tree.
3. (noun) loud-mouth, someone who’s got too much to say.
Ai, kua tae mai anō te waha rā. Ka ngenge ō tāua taringa i te rongo atu (HJ 2017:12). / Oh dear, that loud-mouth has arrived again. We’ll be sick of listening to her.
Synonyms: pākiwaha, waha papā, waha rera, waha pakaru, rangiwhata, waha huka
