kawenga - load, luggage, burden (kawe + nominal suffix -nga)
Kawenga. ‖ kawe.
Williams Dictionary
kawenga, n. Burden. Ka haere ki te kainga, me tana kawenga kereru (Tr. vii, 37).
Mei noho atu ia i te pā, e roa te kawenga.If he had remained in the pā, we would have had a long job.
