wāwāhi
1. (verb) (wāhia,-a,-ngia,-tia) to break, break open, split, divide, cut (the card pack).
Ko te pata me te huka me konatu ki te ringa, kia rite rā anō ki te āhua o te kirīmi; ko ngā hēki me wāwāhi ki roto ki te peihana, ka konatu, ka hui ki roto i te pata me te huka; ka hoatu ngā karani (TJ 20/10/1898:13). / The butter and sugar should be stirred by hand until it has the same consistency as cream; the eggs should be broken into the basin and stirred into the butter and sugar, and then add the currants.
See also wāwāhanga
2. (verb) (wāhia,-a,-ngia,-tia) to partition, subdivide.
Ko Ngāti Maniapoto anō tētahi i whakahē ki te wāwāhi o te whenua kia riro i te takitahi (TTR 1990:73). / Ngāti Maniapoto was another tribe that disagreed with the subdivision of land into individual titles.
3. (verb) (wāhia,-a,-ngia,-tia) to breach.
Kei te wāwāhi koe i te whakahau whakamarutanga, ā, ka taea te mauhere i a koe (RT 2013:102). / You are breaching the protection order and you could be imprisoned.
4. (noun) subdivision, subdividing, partitioning off.
I riro ai te ope a Te Pūoho whaka-te-tonga i mua rā, he kore nō ētahi o ngā rangatira o Ngāti Tama me ērā atu o ngā rangatira, i whakaae ki tana kaupapa mō te wāwāhi i ngā whenua i Waimea me Te Taitapu (TTR 1990:103). / Te Pūoho party had previously gone south because some of the chiefs of Ngāti Tama and allied chiefs did not agree with Te Puoho's land partitioning policies in Waimea and Te Taitapu.
5. (noun) wrench (tool), spanner.
