2. (noun) earthworm of milky colour - found in forests and used for eeling.
Karia ai ngā tarawa me ngā waiū i roto i ngā ngāherehere (HP 1991:15). / Tarawa and waiū earthworms are dug for in the forests.
See also noke waiū
3. (noun) relative, relation.
Kātahi ka whakataka a Ngāti Rangiwewehi e ia, e Te Moemiti, ka tangi ki tōna waiū (JPS 1893:229). / Then Te Moemiti organised a war party of Ngāti Rangiwewehi to avenge his relative's death.
