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tohungas

tohungas is the plural of tohunga.

Meaning of tohunga

Noun

tohunga (plural tohungas)

  1. (New Zealand) A Māori chosen to be a specialist in a specific skilled field; especially, a priest.
    • Those who became tohunga did so not simply voluntarily, but because they displayed aptitudes at an early age which indicated to their elders that they had been chosen by deities to perform particular functions […].2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 68

Questions about tohungas

What is tohungas the plural of?
Tohungas is the plural of tohunga.

Words near tohungas in the dictionary

  1. tohorah
  2. tohu-bohu
  3. tohubohu
  4. tohunga
  5. tohungaism
  6. tohungas
  7. tohutō
  8. TOI
  9. toi, toi, toi
  10. Toia
  11. Toias

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