Taunaha, v.t. Bespeak. Kei te taunaha haere mai a Taikehu ma i nga whenua katoa o te tahatika (T. 75).
taunahanaha, v.t., freq. Bespeak, of several persons. Taunahanaha kau ana ratou i nga whare, i nga mahinga (T. 121).
Williams Dictionary
.. te tahā i taunaha rā.. the calabash they had claimed.