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haina

1. (loan) (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to sign.

Kua hainatia te kānataraka (TPH 15/8/1901:2). / The contract has been signed.

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Synonyms: tūtohi, waitohu, tohu, tohutohu, tūtohu, whaitohu


2. (loan) (noun) signing, signature.

Ahakoa kei te kauwhau a Rātana kia kotahi te iwi Māori, nō te taenga atu o tana kaiwhakahaere ki te hui a Ngāi Tahu i Tuahiwi kite ana ia kāore i kotahi te whakaaro mō te haina i te kawenata (TTT 1/2/1925 1991:186). / Despite Rātana's preaching that the Māori people be united, when his organiser arrived at the gathering of Ngāi Tahu at Tuahiwi he saw that there was no unity concerning the signing of the covenant.

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Synonyms: hainatanga

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