whakaoatitanga
1. (loan) (noun) oath, pledge, investiture.
Kite toto, kau ana te tangata pora i te wai, te tāne, te wāhine te tamariki, ko te whakahē tēnei a Heke i te whakaoatitanga i te tangata me te whenua (TJ 25/1/1898:4). / Seeing blood, the strangers swam in the water, men, women and children; this was Heke’s objection to the oath of the people and the land.
Synonyms: kohukohu, oati, whakaoati, oatitanga, kī taurangi, kupu taurangi, taunaha, taurangi, takoha, whakataurangi, kirihipi
