whānaunau
1. (verb) to be born.
He tini ngā tēina me ngā tuāhine o Mahuta i whānaunau mai i ērā o ngā mārenatanga a tōna pāpā, me ērā o ngā tū moe a te tangata rangatira (TTR 1996:83). / Mahuta had many younger brothers and sisters born from his father's other marriages and those other types of relationships of chiefly people.