Mangungu. 1. a. Closely knitted or woven.
2. Broken, chipped, crushed. He mangungu toki nui … ko Tihore-whenua mana e oroi atu kia koi (M. 383). Mangungu noa tona waewae.
3. Uncooked, underdone. He tahu he na taku hoa i a maua kai, a kahore he hangi i maoa, he hangi mangungu anake.
4. n. The name of an incantation or ritual in connection with the cultivation of kumara. Te karakia o etahi hapu ko Mangungu.
māngūngungu, a. Gritty, grating.
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