rawe

See also: Rawe

Maori

Etymology 1

Cognate with Samoan lave. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

rawe (passive rawea)

1. to wrap around, to coil around (of clothing, cords, ropes etc.)

   Synonyms: whiwhi, pokai, takai

Adjective

rawe

1. tight

Derived terms

• rarawe
• whakarawe

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

rawe

1. suitable, appropriate, becoming
2. clever
3. excellent

Derived terms

• rarawe
• whakararawe

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “rawe”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 387
• “rawe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hrēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Alternative forms

• raw, rau, rauȝ, raugh, rae, ra, rowe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rau̯/

Adjective

rawe (superlative rawest)

2. raw (not subject to cooking or heating)
3. raw, unprocessed, unfiltered (not subject to processing or refinement)
4. (usually referring to one's skin) wounded, hurt, punctured
5. (usually referring to one's bodily parts) vulnerable, visible, bare
6. (figurative) young, primitive, rough, simple
7. (rare) unripened, immature

Descendants

• English: raw
• Scots: raw

References

• “rau(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-07.

Noun

rawe

1. A painful or difficult bodily presence.
2. (rare) unprocessed fabric
3. (rare) The state of being unripe or immature.

References

• “raue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-07.

Etymology 2

Noun

rawe

1. Alternative form of rewe (“row”)