pitihana
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to petition.
I pitihanatia mai e ō rātou hapū kia tū i tēnei tūranga o te Pāremate, ki te whakatū rīwhi mō ngā mema kāore i tae mai (TJ 21/6/1898:3). / Their hapū petitioned to sit in this sitting of Parliament to appoint substitutes for the members who didn’t arrive.
2. (loan) (noun) petition.
Ina hoki tuhi atu ā koutou nei pitihana, me ā mātou hoki ki te Pāremata, kia whakakorea atu te Ture Whenua Māori 1873 (TW 12/2/1875:6). / You write petitions, and we will also, to the Parliament to do away with the Māori Land Act 1873.
Synonyms: pākiki, pukapuka, petihana, pukapuka inoi
