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tāmana

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to summons.

Kei te whakaae te Komiti o Tūwharetoa kia tāmanatia e rātou ki te Hupirīmi Kōti, kāore te Komiti o Tūwharetoa i te wehi (TW 27/7/1878:11/379). / The Tūwharetoa Committee agrees that the matter be summonsed to the Supreme Court, and the Tūwharetoa Committee is not afraid.

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2. (loan) (noun) summons, writ.

Ko ngā tāngata i kakama ki te tāmana... (TW 12/2/1875:4). / The people that were quick to respond to the summons were...

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3. (loan) (noun) pledge (of money and allegiance).

Nā, kua tae mai te tāmana ki a au, nō Hauraki £10, nō Tauranga £15, neke atu Ahuriri, neke atu Pōrangahau, neke atu Te Wairoa, neke atu Wairarapa, nōna anō te tikanga (MM.TKM 5/2/1862:19). / I have received as pledges from Hauraki £10, from Tauranga £15; also further on from Ahuriri, from Pōrangahau, Te Wairoa, and Wairarapa: all of their own accord.

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