2. (modifier) easy, agreeable, pleasant.
He kaumātua ngohengohe, hūmārika, kaingākau ki ngā akonga i raro i a ia (TKO 30/10/1920:8). / He was an agreeable elder, amiable and fond of the pupils under him.
Synonyms: rekareka, hāneanea, pai, manini, āhuareka, ātaahua, purotu, reka, āhumehume, pārekareka, hūmārire, harakoa, ngāwari, hūmārie, matareka, hūmārika, rēhia, kakato, rawe
3. (noun) softness.
Me hāngī i mua i te kai, kia puta anō ai te ngohengohe me te reka (Te Ara 2016). / Before eating they had to be cooked in a hāngī so the softness and tastiness would become evident.
