On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Waewae. ‖ wae. Waha (i). 1. n. Mouth, entrance. Kihai te matau i mau ki te waha o te ika (T. 117). Ka whakatakototia nga taura ki te waha o te rua (W. iii, 6).

2. Voice. Ka hamama mai te waha, “Etia”; he waha tangata (T. 116). Ka rangona ano e ratou te waha o te kuri ra (T. 121).

3. Sheet of a sail.

4. Middle portion of a seine.

5. Region. Kua tae mai a Te Waru, o Mangaaruhe, o te waha ki uta o te Wairoa.

6. Pudenda muliebria.

7. a. Chipped, broken. ‖ hawa.

wahawaha, n. Gari stangeri, a bivalve mollusc. = kuharu, ururoa.

Williams Dictionary

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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