whakakawhena
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to reserve.
Ki te hiahia ētahi tāngata ki ētahi o ngā nama o te 'Tiupiri' kia hangaia, kia whakakawhenatia... (TJ 11/1/1898:5). / People wanting some of the issues of the Jubilee made into volumes and reserved for them...
Synonyms: toe, whenua rāhui, wehe, whakatapu, haumi, porowhita, rāhui, tāpui, tūrāhui, whakaputunga
