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.
Synonyms: nama