maunga

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maquŋa. Cognate with Hawaiian mauna, Samoan mauga, and Tongan moʻunga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmauŋa/ [ˈmɐʉŋɐ]

Noun

maunga

  1. mountain
    Kei te āta āngia haeretia e te Pākehā, āpōpō ake nei piri mai ana i ngā pari, i runga rānei i ngā keokeonga o ngā maunga.
    We are slowly being driven out by the Pākehā, and soon will be clinging to the cliffs or on the peaks of the mountains.

Derived terms

  • pae maunga (“mountain range”)
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