Cognate withSamoan lave .(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
rawe (passive rawea )
towrap around, tocoil around (of clothing, cords, ropes etc.)Synonyms: whiwhi ,pokai ,takai rawe
tight
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rawe
suitable ,appropriate ,becoming clever excellent Williams, Herbert William (1917 ) “rawe ”, inA Dictionary of the Maori Language , page387 “rawe ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN . FromOld English hrēaw , fromProto-West Germanic *hrau , fromProto-Germanic *hrawaz ,*hrēwaz , fromProto-Indo-European *krewh₂- .
rawe (superlative rawest )
raw ( not subject to cooking or heating ) raw ,unprocessed ,unfiltered ( not subject to processing or refinement ) ( usually referring to one's skin ) wounded ,hurt ,punctured ( usually referring to one's bodily parts ) vulnerable ,visible ,bare ( figurative ) young ,primitive ,rough ,simple ( rare ) unripened ,immature rawe
Apainful ordifficult bodily presence. ( rare ) unprocessed fabric ( rare ) The state of being unripe or immature.rawe
Alternative form ofrewe ( “ row ” ) rāwe
inflection ofrāw : nominative plural accusative singular / plural genitive / dative singular