hāwini
1. (loan) (noun) servant, attendant, maid.
E kīia ana ka noho rangatira noa atu tētahi tangata Tiapana, arā i te whenua o ngā Tiapanihi, mō ngā moni e ono tekau pāuna i te tau, hei utu i te reti o te whare, hei utu i ngā hāwini tokorua, hei utu hoki i te tini o ngā kai (TJ 8/12/1898:4). / It is said that a Japanese man, in the land of the Japanese, can live well on just sixty pounds a year, to pay the rent on his house, for two servants and for a great deal of food.
Synonyms: wheteke, tia, rōpā, pāihi, mōkai, kaitonotono, pononga, tūmau, apa
