"hunga" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Maori]

Etymology: From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *huga (“subordinate person”). Cognate with Hawaiian hune (“poor person”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pep-pro|*huga|t=subordinate person}} Proto-Eastern Polynesian *huga (“subordinate person”), {{cog|haw|hune|t=poor person}} Hawaiian hune (“poor person”) Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} hunga, {{mi-noun}} hunga
  1. people
    Sense id: en-hunga-mi-noun-yQImgPiI Categories (other): Collectives Disambiguation of Collectives: 32 2 15 15 16 19
  2. slave
    Sense id: en-hunga-mi-noun-GDk2sBDG Categories (other): Slavery Disambiguation of Slavery: 5 65 5 5 10 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hunga whakaruru (english: refugees)
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Maori]

Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} hunga, {{mi-noun}} hunga
  1. down, fine feathers
    Sense id: en-hunga-mi-noun-rgtpXl-B Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 19 15 27 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 7 7 21 17 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 21 17 24 24
  2. grind, rub fine
    Sense id: en-hunga-mi-noun-m7z9bEPF Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 19 15 27 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 7 7 21 17 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 21 17 24 24
  3. decayed, putrid
    Sense id: en-hunga-mi-noun-mOzg8aJO Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 19 15 27 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 7 7 21 17 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 21 17 24 24
  4. light-coloured
    Sense id: en-hunga-mi-noun-8fIJoFTU Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 19 15 27 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 7 7 21 17 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 21 17 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Papiamentu]

Etymology: From Spanish jugar. Etymology templates: {{der|pap|es|jugar}} Spanish jugar Head templates: {{head|pap|verb}} hunga
  1. to play
    Sense id: en-hunga-pap-verb-JCN-luUY Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Papiamentu entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Rapa Nui]

Head templates: {{head|rap|noun}} hunga
  1. dust
    Sense id: en-hunga-rap-noun-q7MnARF9 Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Rapa Nui entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Rwanda-Rundi]

Forms: -hūnga [canonical], guhūnga [infinitive], -hūnze [perfective]
Head templates: {{rw-verb|hūnga}} -hūnga (infinitive guhūnga, perfective -hūnze)
  1. flee
    Sense id: en-hunga-rw-verb-0Voe37I8 Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Rwanda-Rundi entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Tsonga]

Head templates: {{head|ts|verb}} hunga
  1. to blow
    Sense id: en-hunga-ts-verb-rHj~HNDI Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Tsonga entries with incorrect language header
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      "args": {
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          "english": "We are the people who wear moko",
          "ref": "2025, “Mau Moko”, performed by Alien Weaponry:",
          "text": "Ko te hunga mau moko mātou",
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}

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        "to blow"
      ],
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          "blow",
          "blow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.