2. (noun) hand, arm.
Ko taua mahi hoki, ko te katikati, he mahi mate te ringaringa, me te tuarā, me ngā wāhi katoa o te tangata (TWM 17/10/1863:2). / That occupation, shearing, affects the arms, back and all parts of a person.
3. (noun) weapon, arms.
Ka whakataukī nā a Kakewhati, “Kia āta nēnene; tēnā a Ngā Puhi ka tata te whai ringaringa.” (M 2004:92). / Kakewhati then uttered a saying, "Jest with caution, for Ngā Puhi may have new weapons."
tī ringaringa
1. (noun) hand games - games played by opening and shutting the hands while reciting verse.
Ka whakakitea ngā mahi a Rau-kata-uri i reira, te waiata, te pūtōrino, te kōauau, te tōkere, te tī ringaringa, te tī rākau, te pākuru, te papaki, te porotiti: mutu katoa ēnei mea kāore hoki a Kae i kata (NM 1928:30). / The activities of Rau-kata-uri were displayed there, singing, the long flute, the short flute, the castanets, hand games, stick games, playing the mouth resonator, hand clapping and the humming disc: when all these things ended Kae still hadn't laughed.
ngirangira
1. (noun) hand - variation of ringaringa.
See also ringaringa