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tonga - south

Tōngā, a. Restrained, suppressed, secret. Te haukainga i whakaarohatia mai e te konohi tonga (M. 9).

whakatōnga, v.i. 1. Keep oneself quiet, restrain one's feelings.

2. Entertain feelings which one does not show outwardly. Kei te whakatonga riri koe?

3. Lurk, lie hid. Ma te kore atatanga e mau ai te whanako, i te tangata e huna ana, e whakatonga ana ki te hopu.

whakatōngātia, pass. Be murmured at, be found fault with secretly. Kei te whakatongatia ahau e te iwi nei.

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Tōnga, verbal n. ‖ (iii).

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Tonga (i). 1. n. South wind. He matangi ruru hau, he tonga kari whenua (M. 388). Often used with some epithet, such as puhuka, kotaratara, etc. Tonga waho, tonga ngawi, south-east wind (perhaps only on the East Coast). Tonga ma uru, south-west wind.

2. South. Kia hoki rua au ki te tonga (M. c). Ka tonoa tetehi ki te hauauru, tetehi ki te tonga (T. 4). No te tonga koe? (T. 24).

3. a. Southern, southerly. He hau tonga.

4. Chilled, frozen (poetical). Ka tonga te kiri i te anu matao (S.).

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Tonga (ii), tongatonga, n. Blemish on the skin, wart, etc. Tongatonga uri, rash on the skin. ‖ tona.

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I tupu au i Te Tonga.
I grew up down South.
Sentences with i - i

te Hōngongoi, ka haere atu ia ki Tonga.
In July she went to Tonga.
Belonging to the past - nō

Te-Tai-Tonga tōku māmā.
My mum's from the Southland region.
Belonging to a place - nō

Te Tai Rawhiti tōku pāpā.
My dad's from the Eastland region.
Belonging to a place - nō

reira, kei Manurewa au e noho ana, ki Tāmaki ki te Tonga, ki Tāmaki Makaurau; engari he rere ngā waka, he rere ngā tāngata.
Therefore, I live in Manurewa, in South Auckland, in Auckland; however, the vehicles are moving and the people are moving.

Ko ngā iwi o te rāwhiti, o te tonga hoki, ha mahi i te "kei te...".
The tribes of the east and the south, on the other hand, use "kei te...".

A ēhea mārama koe ka haere ki Tonga?
Which months will you be in Tonga for?

Whakataka te hau ki te tonga.
Cease the winds from the south.

#29: I love you
#61: Their father was, is or will be shouting
#59: Everything in the o category
#138: The mother will be the one to tidy the room
#116: I will write the letter with the pen
#25: I love the woman
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