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haunga - smelly, stinky

hāunga - besides

haunga - smelly

Hāunga, ad. 1. Besides. E rua mano te tane, haunga te wahine, te tamariki.

2. Not including. Haunga ia nga tohunga karakia, e hiki ana (T. 160). Kei roto i enei nga iwi o Taranaki puta noa ki runga, ki raro, haunga ano a Rotorua (M. lxviii).

Williams Dictionary

Haunga. 1. a. Odorous, stinking. He ngohi tenei e haunga mai nei.

2. n. Odour. Rongo kau ano te tupua ra i te haunga ahua tangata (T. 150).

hāungaunga, a. Odorous, smelling of. Piropiro haungaunga taku kai, he tangata (Ika, 116).

Williams Dictionary

I te hari katoa hāunga anō a Pita.
Everyone was happy except Pita.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Mahi ai au, ia te , ia te , hāunga anō ko ngā Rātapu.
I work regularly, every day except on Sundays.
Habitual action - ai

E hika! He rite haunga ki te kurī.
Heck! You smell like the dog.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Kāore au e rata ki te kai a te ngeru, he haunga.
I don't like cat food, it stinks.
To like - rata

Kāore e pai ki ahau te mahita, na te mea, he haunga ia.
I don't like the teacher because he smells.
Conjunctions - but - engari

He haunga kumu?
Have you got a smelly bum?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha tēnā haunga?
What's that smell?
What? - He aha?

He haunga rawa atu tēnā.
That is really smelly.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Kāore. He haunga rawa atu tēnā kai.
No. That is the smelliest food.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

Hāunga ia te tumuaki, ka tino hari katoa.
Except for the principal, everyone was happy.

Ko Rotorua te tāone nui te haunga.
Rotorua is the town with the bad smell.

Ke hongi te ihu ki te hauāuru; kua rongo i te haunga o tōna ariki.
He sniffed the winds of the west, and recognised the scent of his master.

He haunga hoki ō tōkena.
Your sock's are smelly too.

He haunga? Ehara!
Smelly? No way!

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