Waiū, n. 1. Milk. No te mahuetanga o te waiu, katahi ena kai ka kainga e koutou (T. 14). ‖ wai (ii), ū (ii). Waiū-o-Kahukura, Euphorbia glauca; a plant. Waiū-atua, Rhabdothamnus solandri, Euphorbia glauca, and Gaultheria oppositifolia; plants. Noke waiū, a species of earthworm.
2. Relative. Katahi ka whakataka a Ngati Rangiwehi e ia, e Te Moemiti, ka tangi ki tona waiu (J. ii, 229).
whakawaiū, v.t. Promote good feeling. But that does not appear to suit the following example. Katahi te tangata ka haere ki te kimi manu hei whakawaiu mo tana tamaiti.
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