2. (noun) victim, slain warrior, person slain in battle.
He maha hoki rātau e noho whanaunga ana ki ngā ngohi o ngā tukinga a Te Kooti (TTR 1990:387). / Many of them were related to victims of the raids by Te Kooti.
3. (noun) troop, company (of fighting men) division, column.
Ka tū mai anō hoki ko ngā ngohi o Ngāti Ruanui me ērā atu iwi o Taranaki hei tuarā mō Ngā Rauru (TTR 1990:148). / Ngāti Ruanui and other Taranaki tribes also raised troops to support Ngā Rauru.
ngohi moana
1. (noun) whale - a general term.
Ko ētahi o ngā iwi o ēnei wāhi e kī ana he tupuna te tangata nei nō rātou, ā, e whakahua ana i te whakataukī i roto i te ngākau hīhī, 'Ānō te mahi a Paikea, te tangata i whakaahua nei i a ia, ki te ngohi moana!' (MM.TKM 3-4/1855:32). / Some of the tribes of these parts say that this man is an ancestor of theirs, and proudly quote the proverb, 'Behold the work of Paikea, the man who transformed himself into a whale!'
See also ika moana
