hunga

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuŋa/ [ˈhʉŋɐ]

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *huga (“subordinate person”). Cognate with Hawaiian hune (“poor person”).

hunga

1. people
   • 2025, “Mau Moko”, performed by Alien Weaponry:

     Ko te hunga mau moko mātou

     We are the people who wear moko

2. slave

• hunga whakaruru (“refugees”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

hunga

1. down, fine feathers
2. grind, rub fine
3. decayed, putrid
4. light-coloured

• “hunga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Spanish jugar.

hunga

1. to play

-hūnga (infinitive guhūnga, perfective -hūnze)

1. flee

hunga

1. to blow