1. (loan) (noun) judge.
I ui mai a Te Hīni ki te Pāremata, mehemea kua tae mai ngā kōrero o ngā tiati o te Kōti whakawā whenua Māori (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Mr Sheehan asked Parliament if the deliberations of the judges of the Māori Land Court had arrived.
Synonyms: tiāti, whakawā, whakawāwā, kaiwhakawā
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