nohonoho
1. (verb) to sit down (a number of people), settle.
Ka nohonoho haere mātou i raro i ngā whakamarumaru kia kore ai ō mātou māhunga e paoa e te rā (HM 2/2009:10). / We sat about under the shade so that our heads would not be pounded by the sun.
Synonyms: pūwhenua, noho, whakaea, whakanoho, whakatatū, whakatau, whakamāhaki, whakataiwhenua, tatū, tau
