2. (noun) yearning, longing, desire, hankering for.
Ahakoa tana koroingo ki te hoki mai ki Aotearoa, kua tūturu kē te wāhi mōna i te whare wānanga o Honoruru (TTR 1996:17). / Although he still yearned return to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the place for him at Honolulu's university was assured.
Synonyms: kāwatawata, korotū, maingo, minamina, tōmina, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, mina, mōhukihuki, manako, matenui, hihiri
