whaine (-tia) Historical Loan Word
1. (transitive universal verb) fine.
… ko te Pākehā e pēnā ana i te tāone ka hopukia, ka meatia kia utu ia; arā, ka whainetia. / … a Pākehā acting in such a manner in town would be arrested and made to pay, that is he would be fined.
total occurrances: 63
earliest source: Ko nga Ture (1858)
