taumautanga
1. (noun) engagement, betrothal.
I tō rāua taumautanga ka riri te iwi, ko te riri a ngā wāhine kīngi o Europe he rironga nō Arapono i te wahine Ingarihi, i te wahine Perotehana (TP 6/1906:5). / Their betrothal angered the people and the anger of the aristocratic women of Europe was because Alfonso had taken an English woman who was a Protestant.