whakaae
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to agree, consent, accede, say yes, accept, allow, approve, authorise.
Me utu ngā mema o te poari (ngā Pākehā me ngā Māori) ki ngā utu tau me ērā atu utu hoki e whakaaetia e te pāremete i ia wā, i ia wā (TJ 12/4/1898:1). / The members of the board (both European and Māori) should be paid an annual stipend, and other payments to be agreed on by Parliament each time.
2. (noun) assent, agreement, permission.
Ko te mōtini tuarua nei, e kore au e whakaae atu, engari kia tae rā anō au ki tōku iwi, mā rātau anō e whakaae, ka tika ai taku whakaae (TW 13/7/1876:260). / I do not agree with the second motion, but when I finally reach my tribe, if they themselves agree, then my agreement will be appropriate.
kupu whakaae
1. (noun) agreement, consent.
Kāore i tū te kura, engari whakatika atu ka tukua he karāti Karauna ki te Hāhi i te tau 1850, kāore i rapua te kupu whakaae a Ngāti Toa (TTR 1994:80). / The school was not established, but a Crown grant was issued to the church in 1850, without seeking the consent of Ngāti Toa.
2. (noun) written consent.
