wheua - bone (usually of an animal)
Wheua, n. Bone. Ka koa te iwi ra ki te kai mana, hua noa kaore he wheua i roto (T. 142). ‖ ua (i).
whakawheua, v.i. Stand firm.
whēuaua, a. Difficult.
whakawhēuaua, a. Reluctant. Whakawheuaua ana te haere.
Williams Dictionary
I mahia e ia he taonga wheua mō te rau tāra.He made a bone pendant worth one hundred dollars.Passive sentences - tikina...
Haere ki te ngangau i te wheua kererū i te kono nā, ka haere mai ai me mātou.Go and chew on the kererū bones in the kono, and then come with us.*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Haere ki te ngangau i te wheua kererū i te kono nā, ka haere mai ai me mātou.Go and chew on the kererū bones in the kono, and then come with us.
Nō te horonga o Mokoia ka riro ngā wheua o Tūhourangi i a Ngāpuhi.The bones of Tūhourangi were taken away by Ngāpuhi at the time when Mokoia was captured.
