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Historical loan words

nama

1. (loan) (verb) (-a,-hia,-ia,-ngia,-tia) to owe, borrow, obtain on credit, be in debt, give credit, lend, borrow on, mortgaged.

I te wā anō e whakahaerea ana ngā kerēme a ētahi, ka nama ngā whenua, kia riro ai he moni hei hoko waipiro (Popi 1896:116). / At a time when the claims of others are being dealt with, lands are borrowed on, in order to get money to buy alcohol.

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Synonyms: noho nama


2. (loan) (modifier) in debt, borrowed, owed.

I taua wā noho nama ana taua pāriha mō te whakahoutanga i tōna whare karakia (TP 8/1909:8). / At that time, that parish remained in debt from the restoration of its church.

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3. (loan) (noun) debt, bill, invoice.

Ka māketitia ko tōna whenua hei whakaea i aua nama (TWMNT 16/10/1872:134). / His land will be auctioned to pay those debts.

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4. (loan) (noun) number.

Kua whakamāramatia i te waiata Nama 60 te matenga o Te Heuheu i te horo i te tau 1846 (M 2004:262). / The death of Te Heuheu in the landslide of 1846 has been described in song Number 60.
He aha te nama o tō waea pūkoro? / What is the number of your cellphone?

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Synonyms: tau, maha, whika, tatau

kāri nama

1. (loan) (noun) credit card.

noho nama

1. (verb) to be in debt to, indebted, owe.

Ka hē kē atu hoki i te matenga o Robert Jones, te tangata nāna te toa, e noho nama nui nei te tokomaha o Tūwharetoa ki a ia (TTR 1998:199). / Everything went wrong as a result of the death of Robert Jones, the store owner, with whom many of Tūwharetoa was heavily indebted.

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Synonyms: nama

nama waea

1. (loan) (noun) telephone number, phone number.

Me whakapā atu ki ngā nama waea kei raro nei. / Contact the phone number below.

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See also tau waea

Synonyms: tau waea

nama tono

1. (noun) order number.

nama rōia

1. (loan) (noun) legal fee, legal cost.

Mehemea kua whakapaetia koe mō tētahi hara, engari kāore ō moni hei utu rōia, ka utua pea ō nama rōia i raro i te Āwhina Ture mō te kōti ā-hara (RT 2013:46). / If you are accused of a crime but have no money to pay a lawyer, your legal costs may be paid under Legal Aid for the criminal court.

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nama atu

1. (loan) (noun) accounts payable.

E whai wāhi atu ana Te Taura Whiri ki ngā whakarite pūtea pēnei i te kaute pēke, i ngā nama mai, i ngā nama atu, tae atu hoki ki ngā whiwhinga, ki ngā whakapaunga e mōhiotia ana (RT 2013:46). / The Māori Language Commission has a part in managing funds as with a bank account, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and including what is known as income and expenditure.

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nama mai

1. (loan) (noun) accounts receivable.

I roto i āna mahi o ia rā, whakamahia ai e Te Taura Whiri ētahi hanga whakanao pūtea. Koia ērā ko ngā pūtea pēke, ngā nama mai, ngā nama atu, me ngā tōpūtanga moni (Te Taura Whiri 2006:16). / In its everyday operations the Commission is party to financial arrangements in the form of bank accounts, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accruals.

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hāmene whakaea nama

1. (noun) default summons.

I tukuna te hāmene whakaea nama i te korenga ōna i utu i tana nama hoko waka. / A default summons was initiated because he did not pay off his car bill.

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nama kāore i uta

1. (noun) bad debt.

tangata noho nama

1. (loan) (noun) debtor.

te ture nama tahi

1. the number one rule.

Ko te ture nama tahi ki a Te Rangihau, kei puta mai he tangata i te kapa, mā mua tonu. Mēnā kei te puta koe, e huri ki tērā pito, ki tērā pito rānei. / Te Rangihau’s number one rule was that no one should appear from the group via the front. If you’re going to appear do it from either side.

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kāore e nama te kōrero

1. has an answer for everything - an idiom.

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