wete
1. (verb) (-a,-kia,-kina) to untie, unravel, release, set free, detach, disconnect.
Kāore ia i tono mai ki te Kaunihera kia whakaae atu kia wetekia katoatia ngā here e tau nei ki ngā whenua Māori (TPH 26/11/1905:2). / He did not ask the Council to agree to all the restrictions on Māori land being released.
Synonyms: motu, whakamatara, whakamaheatanga, wetewete, wewete, tuku, maheno
2. (noun) release, loosening, untying.
Auinaake i te 16 o Āperira, ka whakatakotoria e Mahuta te kēhi tuatahi, e tono ana ki te kaunihera kia tūtohua te wete mai i ngā here hoko whenua i runga i ngā whenua o rāua ko tana hoa wahine i Kāwhia (TTR 1996:87). / Next day on 16 April Mahuta submitted the first case, asking the council to recommend the release of restrictions on land sales of the lands he and his wife owned at Kāwhia.
Synonyms: whakamatara, wetewete, wewete
