taunaha
1. (verb) (-tia) to claim land by naming, annex - by identifying the various land marks with parts of the chief's body or that of his offspring, title to those areas was fixed and acknowledged.
Ka kite atu a Tamatekapua ki te kūmore o Maketū, ka taunahatia atu e ia ko te kūraetanga o tōna ihu (JPS 1956:214). / When Tamatekapua saw the point at Maketū, he claimed it as the tip on the end of his nose.
2. (verb) (-tia) to pledge, promise, set aside.
Ko tēnei whenua hoki kai roto i te rohe nā Mōkena Kōhere me ērā anō o ngā rangatira i taunaha i te tau 1874 kia pupuritia i raro i ngā tikanga whenua ā-iwi (TTR 1996:68). / This land was in the area that Mōkena Kōhere and other chiefs had set aside in 1874 to be retained under customary communal title.
Synonyms: taurangi, takoha, oati, whakataurangi, whakaoati, whakaoatitanga, kī taurangi, kirihipi, kupu taurangi, tārewa, motuhake, tahi, wehe, whakatārewa, tāpui, tīkape, tauira
3. (verb) (-tia) to claim.
Ka āhei te Poari ki te nama i ētahi moni i te Kāwanatanga, neke ake i te £5,000 i roto i tētahi tau, hei whakaea i ngā mōkete i ētahi i atu taunaha rānei i tau ki runga ki ngā whenua (TJ 12/4/1898:3). / The Board is able to borrow money from the Government of more than £5,000 per year to pay for mortgages and other claims related to the lands.
