whakataurangi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to pledge, assure, promise, vow.
Nō te marama o Hepetema o te tau 1947 i tae ake ai te Pirimia – ko ia anō hoki te Minita Māori – a Pita Pereiha ki Hūpēnui, ka whakataurangi nei ia, heipū tonu te tere o te taenga ake o tētahi āwhina rahi tonu nei hei pūtea whakaahu mā ngā kaipupuri i tō rātou poraka (TTR 2000:27). / In September 1947 Peter Fraser, as both prime minister and native minister, visited Greytown and promised speedy and substantial assistance to the owners to develop their block of land.
2. (noun) pledge, assurance, promise, vow.
Nā tēnei hui i hanga mai te Kawenata o Kohimaramara. He whakataurangi tēnei i te tangata kia piripono tonu ki te mana o te Kuīni (TTR 1990:365). / As a result of this meeting the Kohimarama covenant was made. This was a pledge of allegiance by the participants to the Queen's authority.
Synonyms: taunaha, taurangi, takoha, oati, whakaoati, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kirihipi, kupu taurangi
