maunga
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *maquŋa. Cognate with Hawaiian mauna, Samoan mauga, and Tongan moʻunga.
Noun
[edit]maunga
- 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.