wīra
1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-tia) to wheel.
Kei te waha pēpi tēnā, kei te wīra tēnā i tāna (TWK 1:25). / One is carrying a baby on her back, another is wheeling hers.
E te tau, me tatari kia hipa atu te koroua nā. Kei wīrahia e koe ōna waewae (HJ 2012:255). / Darling, you should wait for that elderly man to pass. You might run over his feet.
2. (loan) (noun) wheel.
Kotahi te tangata e ārahi ana i tōna kāta i te huarahi, ka tae ki te wāhi poharu ka mau tētahi o ngā wīra i rō repo (TWM 30/8/1870:2). / One man was leading his cart along the road when he came to a boggy part and one of the wheels got stuck in the bog.
See also whīra
3. (loan) (noun) propeller.
E kī ana a Pāhana, te tangata nōna taua tima, ki te whakanuia ake te mīhini ka taea te 5,000 me te 10,000 hurihanga o te wīra i te meneti (TP 1/1900:12). / Parson, the man who owns the steamer, said that if the engine is enlarged, it would be possible to achieve 5,000 and 10,000 revolutions of the propeller per minute.
