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whakuinitia to become queen (vt)
Erua te kau tau kua pahemo ake nei ka hemo taua Kingi a Ratama. Muri iho i a ia ka Kuinitia ko tona tuahine. (MM2 2a:9 1862,p.22)
whakuinitia to become subject to the queen (vt)
Ko tenei Kingitanga he take raruraru. He kino tenei ka toia mai nei ki nga iwi Maori. Koia au ka mea ai kia whakuinitia enei iwi erua. (MM2 7:13 1860, p.36)