amokapua
1. (noun) chief, leader, priest.
Nō taua wā pāmamae nei i tū ai a Tāwhiao hei amokapua mō te Kīngitanga (TTR 1994:132). / During this traumatic period Tāwhiao was established as the leader of the King movement.
Synonyms: piriti, pirihi, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, manu taupua, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū, kaitakitaki, kaitaki
