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toenga - leftovers, remnants (toe + nominal suffix -nga)

toenga, n. Remnant. Ka karanga ki tona kaiwhangai, “Homai taku toenga, whangaia mai au” (J. xx, 23). Toenga kai, or toenga kainga, a contemptuous expression for one saved when the rest of the tribe was eaten, slave. So toenga-kaitia, be kept as a slave. Ka rautamitia, ka toenga-kaitia (M. 416).

Williams Dictionary

Me aha ahau ki ngā toenga kai?
What should I do with the leftovers?
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ka nui ngaa toenga miiti
There’s plenty of left-over meat

Ka nui ngā toenga mīti kei roto i te kāpata.
There is a lot of leftover meat in the cupboard.

Ka nui ngā toenga mīti.
There's plenty of left-over meat.

Hei aha ngā toenga kai?
What the leftovers for?

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