taumau
1. (verb) (-tia) to claim land on discovery.
Ka tapā e Tāiki te pūaha, ko Ō-tāiki; ka taumau a Horo-iwi i te kūrae o te taha rāwhiti o te pūaha mōna, ka tapā e ia, ko Te Pane-o-Horo-iwi (NIT 1995:41). / Tāiki named the river mouth Ō-tāiki (Tāiki's place). Horo-iwi claimed the headland on the eastern side of the river mouth, naming it Te Pane-o-Horo-iwi (Horo-iwi Head).
2. (verb) (-tia) to betroth, bespeak, reserve for oneself.
He epeepe tonu nei rāua, ā, i te wā e kōhungahunga tonu ana i puta ai te whakahau a wō rāua tūpuna tāne rā, kia taumautia rāua i runga anō i te tikanga o te tomo (TTR 2000:68-69). / They were distant cousins and when they were still quite young their grandfathers decreed that they be betrothed under the customary practice of betrothal.
Synonyms: taumou
3. (modifier) arranged (marriage).
Nā ngā whakamoemoe taumau ki ngā mea pakeke a ngā tama a Rua, ki a Whatu rāua ko Toko, tēnei whakahononga i a Tūhoe rāua ko Te Whakatōhea (TTR 1996:178). / The Whakatōhea people were linked to Tūhoe by arranged marriages with Rua's two eldest sons, Whatu and Toko.
4. (noun) betrothal, arranged marriage.
Kua oti kē rā a Materoa e ōna pakeke te taumau ki te tāhae rā, ki a John (Hōne) Marshall Reedy o Ngāti Porou (TTR 1998:159). / Her elders had already betrothed her to that fellow, John Marshall Reedy of Ngāti Porou.
