whāwhai1
1.
-nga -tanga
[Ranginui & Papatūānuku] mahp, ing, āhua .
Ka whai kia wawe te tutuki o tētahi mahi.
Kaua e whāwhai, kei hē noa iho te mahi.
I te mea kua tata ki te hāora hei haere māna ki te kura, ka whāwhai atu ia kia whakautua mai tana tono. (Wh 60, 2)
Kore rawa e hamumu taku waha, he whāwhai nōku kia mau atu i a au te purei a Hikurangi rāua ko Manunui. (HP 271)
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pōnānā , pōrangi , pōtatu , pōtatutatu , pōāritarita , pūāritarita , takatū }
2.
-nga -tanga
[Tūmatauenga] mahp, ing, āhua .
Ka tino whakapau kaha ki tētahi mahi.
Ka whakatika ko Tānemahuta, ka whāwhai; kīhai rawa i taea e ōna ringaringa. (W 484)
whakatīeke
