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hongi
[ hong-ee ]
noun
, New Zealand.
- a Maori greeting in which noses are pressed together.
hongi
/ ˈhɒŋiː /
noun
- a form of salutation expressed by touching noses
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hongi1
Borrowed into English from Maori around 1840–45
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hongi1
Māori
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Example Sentences
Near the end of the narrative, Rutherford gives an account of a great battle, in which the chief Hongi was a prominent figure.
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But Hongi captured the pah, and slew five hundred of the unfortunate inmates.
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Over a thousand were killed, and Hongi and his men feasted on the spot for some days till three hundred bodies had been eaten.
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Thus did Hongi conquer till the whole North Island owned his ascendancy.
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This young fellow was a nephew of Hongi, the powerful head chief of the Ngapuhi tribe.
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