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māhunga - head

Māhunga (i), n. 1. Hair of the head, lock of hair. Ko nga mahunga o Paoa, kino iho; na te whiringa o te whanake i whakakino (T. 193).

2. Head. Ka haere a Maru-tuahu ki te uku i tana mahunga ki te wai (T. 138).

Williams Dictionary

Māhunga (ii), a. Mealy. Tangi taku ko ki te roi; whatiia iho, ka kite au i te mahunga (M.M. 156).

whakamāhunga, v.t. Make trial of a new crop. Katahi ano ka whakamahungatia te kai.

māhungahunga, a. Soft, crushed, reduced to pulp. Ka mahungahunga te whakahoro i to angaanga (M. 198).

Williams Dictionary

Me āta pao te māhunga ki te rākau.
Hit the head gently with the stick.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ko te māhunga he mea tia ki te hou.
Their heads were adorned with feathers.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...

Ka ānini ana te mahunga, ka moe ahau.
Whenever I get a headache, I have a sleep.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...

Kei runga ō mōhiti i māhunga.
Your glasses are on your head.

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#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)
#159: Rangi ate the cake. The cake was eaten by Rangi. If was Rangi who ate the cake.
#23: The children are running from the house to the school
#166: Nominaliztion
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