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English
Etymology
From Maori tohunga (“skilled person, chosen expert, priest, healer”).
Noun
tohunga (plural tohungas)
- (New Zealand) A Māori priest.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology
Cognate with Hawaiian kahuna, Tahitian tahua, Tongan tufaga and Samoan tufuga.[1]
Noun
tohunga
- A skilled person, an expert
- A priest, a healer
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 524
Further reading
- “tohunga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.