huangō
1. (modifier) asthmatic.
Me puru ngā rau hou tonu o te wharangi ki roto i te wai pāera mō ngā hāora maha, ā, ko te wai e inu. He rongoā pai tonu tēnei hei inu i te pānga tuatahi mai o te mate huangō (TTT 1/12/1929:1956). / Quite new leave of the wharangi should be placed in boiling water for several hours and then the liquid should be drunk. This is good medicine to drink on the first onset of asthma.
2. (noun) asthma, breathing difficulty, asthmatic.
Ka tūtakina ngā wini me ngā tatau, kāhore he putanga hau. Ka noho te hau o roto o te whare, arā ka pau te whakaea, ā, ki te whakaeatia tonutia e ngā mea e noho ana i roto ka waiho tēnā hei mate. Ko tēnā tētahi o ngā pūtake mai o te maremare, o te mate kohi, o te huangō hoki (TPH 18/1/1904:2). / The windows and doors are shut. The air in the house remains, that is, it is all breathed in and if the ones living inside continue to breathe it that becomes a problem. That is one of the causes of coughs, tuberculosis and asthma.
