weherua
1. (verb) (-tia) to be divided, split in two, bisect.
I roto i ngā tau o 1865 ki ngā tau o 1870, ka tū te riri tara ā-whare, ki roto o Ngāti Porou. Arā, ka pakanga a Ngāti Porou ki a Ngāti Porou. Ka weherua te iwi (Te Ara 2017). / Between 1865 and the 1870s civil war broke out within Ngāti Porou. That is, Ngāti Porou fought Ngāti Porou, and the tribe split into two.
2. (modifier) divided, split in two, bisecting.
3. (noun) midnight.
Nō te weherua o te Taitei ka mate te hau (TWM 21/3/1867:3). / At midnight on Thursday the wind died down.
Synonyms: tūrotowaenga, tūruapō, waipō, weheruatanga pō, weheruatanga o te pō, i waenganui pō, tūruawaenganui pō, tūruawē pō, waenganui pō, weherua pō, tūruawaenga pō
