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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

Kei waenga ō tātou manuhiri i a tātou.
Our visitors are among us.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

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

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

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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