wehe
1. (verb) (-a) to separate, divide, detach, log off (computer).
Ka wehe te moana i taua wā tonu, ngā wai ki mauī, ki katau (HP 1991:122). / At that very moment the sea separated, the water went to the left and to the right.
Synonyms: takiputa, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae
2. (verb) (-a) to leave, depart.
3. (verb) (-a) to transpose.
Ka wehea ngā whetū o te ahiahi mō te ata, o te ata mō te ahiahi (NM 1928:61). / The stars of the evening were transposed with those of the morning.
4. (verb) (-a) to reserve, subdivide, set aside.
Ko te whakatau a te Kōti me wehe kē ētahi atu whenua hei whakaea i ngā tikanga katoa o te pukapuka hoko (RT 2013:102). / The decision of the Court was that some other land should be set aside to fulfil all the conditions of the deed of sale.
Synonyms: tāpui, tūrāhui, whakaputunga, rāhui, toe, whenua rāhui, whakakawhena, whakatapu, haumi, porowhita, taunaha, motuhake, tahi, whakatārewa, tīkape, tauira, tārewa
5. (stative) be separated (marital status), divorced.
Kore rawa rāua i noho tahi i muri atu, ā, nō te tau 1900, ka tono a Mākereti ki te ture kia wehe rāua (TTR 1996:120). / They were never reunited and, in 1900, Mākereti petitioned that they be divorced.
