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waenga - middle, dividing line

Waenga. ‖ wae.

Williams Dictionary

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).

Williams Dictionary

Ko ana waewae ka kuhu ki waenga i ngā matata o te rangi kia tika ai te pupuru me te takoto o te tinana kia kaha ai te pana.
His fingers gripped deep into the rocks and the vines of the land, to hold his body steady for the powerful thrust to come.

Mā waenga i ngā toka i āta haere mātou.
We picked our way through the rocks.

Kei waenga ō tātou manuhiri i a tātou.
Our visitors are among us.

Ka rūpeke noa rātou ki waenga o te marae e nohoia rā e te manuhiri.
They all gathered together in the middle of the marae where the visitors were sitting.

He mahinga ngātahi ki waenga i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori me Countown e āhei ai te kaihoko ki te rongo i te reo Māori i ngā paeutu kaihoko.
A collaboration between Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) and Countdown sees customers able to use self-checkouts in te reo Māori.

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