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haumi

1. (verb) to join, lengthen by addition, reserve, lay aside, invest (finance).

I te tau 1821 ka haumi atu a Pōmare ki a Hongi me ērā atu ngārahu o Pēwhairangi e kawe riri ana ki Tāmaki (TTR 1990:115). / In the 1821 Pomare joined Hongi Hika and other Bay of Island leaders attacking Tāmaki.

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Synonyms: whakarahi, whakaroa, aukume, toe, whenua rāhui, wehe, whakakawhena, whakatapu, porowhita, rāhui, tāpui, tūrāhui, whakaputunga, hono, whakakapiti, kuhukuhu, porotūtataki, uhono, porotūtaki, tāpiri, whakauru, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono


2. (modifier) in alliance.

Kua roa kē a Ngāti Toa e noho haumi ana ki ngā iwi o Taranaki ki te raki. Nō aua iwi te rohe e kāpīpiti ana ki te ripa tonga o Ngāti Maniapoto (TTR 1990:297). / Ngāti Toa had long-standing alliances with the tribes of northern Taranaki. Those tribes were adjacent to the southern boundary of Ngāti Maniapoto.

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3. (modifier) investment (finance).

Pēhea nei te rahi o te huamoni i riro i a Waiora mō tana moni haumi? (TRP 2010:125). / What is the amount of interest that Waiora obtained for his invested money?

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4. (noun) extension, piece of wood used to lengthen a canoe, bow-piece.

Ka mutu tā rātou tangi, ka rūnangatia anō e rātou kia haere ki te tārai haumi mō tō rātou waka (TWMNT 11/9/1872:113). / When they had finished weeping, the consensus was that they should go and fashion an extension for their canoe.
Honoa te haumi, aukaha rawa i ngā rauawa, whakaū rawa he herepuru anō mō ngā rauawa, he raupō hoki mō te wai kei uru ki roto (TWMNT 17/11/1874:285). / Add the canoe extension, lash the top boards, reinforce the caulking for the top boards and also with raupō least water leaks in.

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5. (noun) ally.

E kore rānei koe e mahi tahi hei haumi i taku mahi e mahi nei mō taua whenua? (TW 30/9/1876:357) / Will you not work collaboratively as an ally in the efforts I am making for that land?

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6. (noun) confederacy, alliance.

E mea ana a Hongi, he haumi tēnei ki a ia (W 1971:40). / Hongi said that this was an alliance with him.

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