ongeonge
1. (verb) to be scarce.
E muia ana ngā awa o Ōngarue me Whanganui e te tuna me ētehi atu tū ika; pū ana te ngahere pōkai nei i te kīnaki, i nāianei kua ongeonge kē, kua rāhuitia kētia rānei (TTR 2000:206). / The Ōngarue and Whanganui rivers teemed with eels and other types of fish; the bush provided delicacies now rare and protected.
Synonyms: mōmōhanga, nihoroa, mokomokorea, whakaonge, mōtī, mokorea, pūhore
2. (verb) to be lonely.
Ka pāngia hoki au nāianei i te ongeonge, kāore au i rongo ki te tino reka o taua tuna rā, he paku hononga whakamuri ki te wā i noho ai ōku tūpuna i raro i ngā āhuatanga Māori, ā, kei te mamae tonu, kei te ongeonge tonu mai (TWK 37:15). / Now I am overcome by loneliness and I have not tasted eel and that's a link back to the time when I lived a Māori lifestyle with my grandparents, and I am still grieving and still lonely.
3. (noun) loneliness.
Ka pāngia hoki au nāianei i te ongeonge (TWK 37:15). / Now I am overcome by loneliness.
