rūmene
1. (verb) to collect, assemble.
He kākahu hōia ō rātau kākahu, taua tikanga te kākahu hōia ehara i te mea e whakaaetia ana e ngā kaumātua ka rūmene atu rā ki te pō, kia mau ngā tāngata o Wairarapa i te kahu hōia, i te pū, i te hoari i te wā e ora ana rātau (TPH 16/7/1904:3). / Their clothing was army attire, but it was not as if the wearing of army attire, guns and swords by the men of Wairarapa was approved of by the elders who have assembled in the world of the dead when they were alive.
