Wae, wawae, v.t. 1. Divide, part, separate. Pass. waea. Me wawae to rahurahu hei ara.—Na te hara ahau i wawae mai.—Ka waea te po ka waea te ao (Sh.T. 222). Te waea te ara ki tona whare (M. 310).
2. Clear away. Waea mai nga tahuere.
wae, n. 1. Leg, foot. Kua motu i waenga i te pane, i nga ringa, i nga wae ranei (T. 153). Kua tokare taku wae. Wae rakau ‖ waewae, below.
2. Slabs at the front end of the side walls of a whare, supporting the ends of the maihi. = whakawai.
waenga. 1. n. Circumstance, time, or place of dividing; division, dividing line. Waenga kakari, quarrel. Te mea i wehea ai he waenga kakari (S.).
2. Portion marked off by a dividing line.
3. l.n. (‖ F.L. § 8). The middle, the midst. Maranga to te ihu, to waenga, to te kei (T. 70). I kawhakina ai ki waenga te tahora (M. 246). If no other noun is expressed, mara is generally understood. Tera te koroheke ra kua tae ki waenga e karakia ana (T. 201).
waewae, n. 1. Leg, foot. Nawai ra, a ka rewa nga waewae, kua kauhoehoe (T. 120). Kia kitea te waewae tangata (When a man can see his feet, i.e., as soon as it gets light.) Waewae rakau, wae rakau, stilts; called also waewae a Tama-te-kapua, in allusion to the story quoted in the examples. Haere ana tetehi i ona waewae ano, haere ana tetehi i te waewae rakau (M. vi). Ka tae atu te tohunga kia kite; tae rawa atu, ko te poupounga o nga wae rakau me nga wae tangata (M. vi). Whakakite waewae, tūtū waewae, dance the war dance, from the performance of which it was usual to augur well or ill of the expedition. Katahi ka whakakite ra i tona waewae, ka ara he matua, ka ara he matua … ka mutu te tutu waewae (T. 41). Waewae kura, a proverbial expression for one who does not remain long in one place. Waewae-atua, a species of toadstool. Waewae-kākā, waewae-kotuku, waewae-matuku, Gleichenia microphylla; a fern. Waewae-koukou, Lycopodium volubile and L. densum; plants. Waewae-koura, a pattern of tukutuku lattice-work.
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wae, n. 1. Leg, foot. Kua motu i waenga i te pane, i nga ringa, i nga wae ranei (T. 153). Kua tokare taku wae. Wae rakau ‖ waewae, below.
2. Slabs at the front end of the side walls of a whare, supporting the ends of the maihi. = whakawai.
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