whakamanuwhiri
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to entertain as a guest, host.
Whakamanuwhiritia ana aua rangatira e ngā tāngata nunui o tāwāhi (TWMNT 19/6/1872:81). / Those chiefs were entertained as guests by important people overseas.
See also whakamanuhiri
2. (modifier) welcoming, hospitable.
3. (noun) hosting, entertaining guests.
He whare manaaki i te tangata, ā, he huatau te āhua o tā rāua whakamanuwhiri i taua wāhi nei (TTR 1996:141). / It was a house where people were entertained and their hosting in that place was done in style.
