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haute

1. (loan) (verb) (-hia) to treat someone, shout (drinks, etc.).

I te whakawā i Rotorua ka whainatia tētahi tangata, ko Mita Taupopoki te ingoa, e rua tekau pāuna me ngā raruraru, mō te takahanga i te ture kaua e haute i te waipiro i ngā hōtēra (TKO 15/10/1916:10). / In a judgement in Rotorua, a man called Mita Taupopoki was fined twenty pounds and costs for transgressing the law not to shout drinks in hotels.

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2. (loan) (noun) shout (drinks, etc.).

…mehemea kāore te haute kua pēnā noa te kai i te waipiro me unu o te wai (TP 5/1911:1). / …if there was no shouting [of drinks], the drinking of alcohol would be the same as the drinking of water.

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Synonyms: karanga, umere, hāmama, , ōi, tīwaha, hauma, hāparangi

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