tautapa
1. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to give the word (for action).
Kātahi ka tautapa te whakahauhau, ā ka riro mai te kōkiri a te kotahi rau e rima tekau tāngata, ka kōkiri mai ki a te Kāwana, me te pupuhi haere mai (TWMNT 27/6/1876:149). / Then the order for action was given and 150 men rush out charging towards the Governor, firing volleys as they came.
2. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to nominate, designate.
E hia kē hoki ngā mea i tautapatia i taua wā engari ko Ōraukawa o Ngā Ruahine te mea i āta whāia rawatia (TTR 1990:353). / Many such nominations were made at that time, but Ōraukawa of Ngā Ruahine was a more serious candidate.
Synonyms: whakaingoa
3. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to chant a song (for keeping time).
E tautapa ana te kaitātaki kia ngātahi ai te hiki o te waewae (RTP 2015:104). / The leader is chanting a song so that the feet lift at the same time.
4. (modifier) nominated, designated.
I te tau 1928, i hiahia kē a Rātana ko tāna tama ake, ko Tokouru hei kaiwhakauru, engari i whakaae ia me unu a Tokouru i te tūru, kia āhei ai te tuku ki te tangata tautapa i a Te Rata (TTR 1996:254). / In 1928 Rātana wanted his own son, Tokouru, to be entered, but he agreed that Tokouru should resign the seat so that Te Rata's nominee would be able to proceed.
5. (noun) challenge, declaration.
Ki te kore e mana mai tēnei tono, tae noa ki te 11 o ngā rā o tēnei marama, ka kīia e te Poa he tautapa whawhai nā Ingarangi, ā ka ara tonu te pakanga (HKW 1/10/1899:8). / If this request is not complied with by the 11th of this month, the Boers will say that it is a declaration of war by the English and the war will resume.
6. (noun) nominee.
I ngā tau i muri mai, he auau tonu tana tū mō taua tūru, engari i te ngaronga i a Ngāti Raukawa riro kē ana i tētehi o ngā tautapa a te Kīngi Māori (TTR 1996:29). / In later years he often stood for the electorate but it passed from Ngāti Raukawa to one of the Maori King's nominees.
