aitanga
1. (noun) descent, progeny.
Ka tohe ia me whakauru katoa mai ngā uri o Tuperiri ki roto ki te whenua. Me ka kore e whakaaetia e te kāwanatanga te petihana, he pai kē atu te hanga waka a te kāwanatanga hei uta atu māna i ngā aitanga a Tuperiri kua whenua kore, tukua ki te mata o te moana mānu ai (TTR 1996:119). / He insisted that all descendants of Tuperiri be included in the land. If the government did not agree to the petition, then the government would be better to build a canoe and put on board the descendants of Tuperiri who no longer had land, and let them drift away into the ocean.
2. (noun) act of copulation, conception.
Ka pā te mate whakatahe i ngā tahumaero hou, te kore kai i te wā o te aitanga me te taenga mai o ngā tahumaero taihemahema (Te Ara 2014). / Miscarriages occurred due to new diseases, malnutrition at the time of conception, and the arrival of sexually transmitted diseases.
