hanga
1. (modifier) somewhat, fairly, sort of - comes before the word it modifies to indicate a moderate or lesser degree.
Kua hanga tini kē wāku kina. / I've got quite a lot of sea-urchins.
Ahakoa tōna hanga riri, engari, he tangata whakahoahoa, manaaki i te tangata, he ngāwari, ki ngā Pākehā atu hoki (TTR 1990:358). / Despite his somewhat warlike nature, he was a friendly and hospitable person, genial, even to Pākehā.
See also te hanga a te
