wawā
1. (verb) to be scattered.
Kua wawā ngā tāngata ki te maunga (W 1971:472). / The people have scattered to the mountain.
Synonyms: katea, tīrangorango, kūwawa, maheu, korara, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kaupāpari, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, whakapirara, pīwawa, tīrangaranga
2. (verb) to distribute.
Ka wawā ngā purapura ki rō oneone (W 1971:472). / The seeds were placed in the ground.
3. (location) somewhere, walkabout - used to indicate indefinite distant localities when linked with wīwī.
See also wāwā
