waihape
1. (verb) to tack about, go about, return.
Ka waihape haere mai nei i te moana whakapā haere ai me kore e kitea, e hakiri rānei, i te rongo mate, i te rongo haere rānei (JPS 1928:178). / He tacked across the ocean, calling at different isles in the hope of finding them, or of hearing of them as dead, or of their movements.
Synonyms: whakahoki, whakahokihoki, hoki, hokinga, paremata, auraki
