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whiunga

1. (noun) punishment.

Nō te tekau tau mai i 1940, ka whakaae te kāwanatanga he inati rawa te whiunga i a Te Whakatōhea (TTR 1990:60). / In the 1940s the government admitted that the punishment of Te Whakatōhea had been excessive.

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Synonyms: whiu, ngawhi, whakawhiu, whepu


2. (noun) lashing, driving, flinging, throwing, thrusting.

Haere mai ana taua iwi i roto i te pōuritanga, kāhore e kitea te huarahi, i te hinga o te rākau i te whiunga a te hau, me te horo haere o ngā pari (KO 24/8/1886:4). / The people came in the dark and they couldn't see the road, the trees that had fallen from the lashing of the wind, and the cliffs that had collapsed.

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Synonyms: tuitui, tui, mīmiro


3. (noun) mustering, herding, driving, droving, drive.

Tērā tētahi whiunga kau tino nui atu i Tokomaru ki Tūranga (Ng 1993:114). / There was a huge cattle drive from Tokomaru Bay to Gisborne.

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Synonyms: whiuwhiu, whakakao, ā

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