amorangi
1. (noun) priest, leader, emblem of an atua carried by a tohunga leading an army.
Ahakoa e mau pū ana a Ngā Puhi ka whanga a Murupaenga, te amorangi o Ngāti Whātua, kia warea rātou ki te whāngai hoata ki ā rātou pū, kātahi anō ka kauaeroatia (TTR 1990:18). / Although Ngā Puhi were armed with muskets, Murupaenga, leader of Ngāti Whātua, waited until they were reloading their guns and then ambushed them.
Synonyms: piriti, pirihi, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumu whakarae, kaikākāriki, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, manukura, tātāriki, amokura, ihorei, tātarariki, manu taupua, whakataka, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, kaiarataki, ngārahu, uru, kaihautū, kaingārahu, kaiwhakanekeneke, amokapua, ariki, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, hautū, poutoko, manu taupua
