tono
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to request, send, ask for, apply for, order, demand, bid, command.
He mea peita anō hoki e ia, ā he utu tika tāna utu i tono ai mō āna mahi (TW 28/8/1875:170). / They were also painted by him and the price he asked was right for his work.
Synonyms: ōta, ngare, ngarengare, whakahauhau, whakahau, whakaraupapa, raupapa, tunga, tuku, unga, inoi, tare, tonotono, tononga
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to commission (a piece of art).
I tonoa ia e Waka Rererangi Aotearoa kia waihangahia he tohu hei tā ki ō rātou waka rererangi (RTP 2015:116). / She was commissioned by Air New Zealand to create a logo to paint on their planes.
3. (noun) application, invitation, request, claim, tender.
I tae mai te tono a ngā tāngata o Karioi ki ngā tāngata o Moawhango kia haere atu ki reira ki te pūrei whutupōro (TJ 2/2/1899:10). / A request arrived from the people of Karioi to the people of Moawhango to go there to play rugby.
4. (noun) commission (a piece of art).
He mea kirimana te tono kia hangaia e ia te whakapakoko hei whakatū ki waho i te whare hou (RTP 2015:116). / The commission was a contract for him to create a figure to stand outside the new building.
