1. (noun) dugout canoe without attached sides.
There was one thing wrong, there was no race for the dugout canoes, but there was a race for the war canoes. / Kotahi te mea i hē ko te kore reihi mō ngā waka tīwai, engari ia te reihi mō ngā waka taua (MM.TKM 15/2/1859:2).
See also tīwai
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