ngingio
1. (verb) to be withered, shrivelled, dried-up, wrinkled.
I te wā nei kua ngingio, kua paroparo noa iho te pūtea a te Taura Whiri, otirā anei pea e whai ake nei tētahi ara e oraiti ai ngā kupu-ā-iwi kua korehāhā haere (HM 1/1994:3). / At the moment the Māori Language Commission's funding has dried-up and shrunk, but here perhaps the following is a way whereby the dialectal words that are becoming obsolete can survive.
Synonyms: kōpuka, popohe, memenge, menge, taramore, kurehe, whewhengi, kauere, kūreherehe, pohe, whakamenge, pūtoki, pūtokitoki, roiroi
2. (verb) to laugh.
Synonyms: mimingo kata, kata, mingo kata, mingomingo kata
3. (modifier) withered, shrivelled, dried-up, wrinkled.
Me poro ngā kōmata ngingio o te rākau nā kia pai ai te torokiki anō ā te kōanga (PK 2008:295). / The withered ends of that plant should be shortened so that they will sprout well again in the spring.
