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homaitanga

1. (noun) providing, payment, giving, supplying.

E kī mai ana Pētera Whakahoro me ōna hoa tokotoru o Te Wairoa kua takoto ā rātou moni e £2 mō te 'Waka Maori'; engari kāore rātou e mōhio ana ki te ara hei homaitanga, ki te tangata hoki hei homaitanga (TWMNT 13/1/1874:1). / Pētera Whakahoro and his three friends of Te Wairoa tell us they have £2 ready to send as their subscription for the 'Waka Maori', but they do not know how to send it, or to whom to pay it.

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See also hoatutanga

Synonyms: whakarato, whakawhiwhi, moni utu, utu, hoatutanga, paremata, utunga

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