whāmere
1. (loan) (noun) family, household.
Piki ai, heke ai te tokomaha o ngā tāngata o tōna whāmere, arā, ko tana wahine, ā, he wā anō, ko tōna hungawai wahine, ko ngā tamariki tokorua me ērā anō o ōna whanaunga i reira (TTR 1996:94). / The numbers in his household fluctuated but often comprised his wife, and sometimes his mother-in-law, two children and other relatives.