hokinga
1. (noun) return, circumstance of returning.
Ko tāna mahi i tēnei o ōna hokinga mai he hohou haere i te rongo i waenganui o ngā hapū e pakanga tonu ana tētahi ki tētahi (TP 6/1907:5). / His work on this return trip was to establish peace amongst the kinship groups that were still at war with one another.
Synonyms: whakahoki, whakahokihoki, hoki, paremata, waihape, auraki
hokinga mahara
1. (noun) recollection, reminiscence, memoir, autobiography, memory.
Koinei ōna hokinga mahara mō tōna whaea (TTR 1996:173). / These were her memories of her mother.
Synonyms: kupu whakamahara, mahara, maumaharatanga, pūmaharatanga, whakamahara
