1. (noun) industrious person, hard-working, active, tireless, conscientious, zealous - sometimes as ringa tōhaunui.
Te ringa tōhau nui (W 1971:429). / The hand that perspires a lot. (A whakataukī for an industrious person.)
See also tōhau
Synonyms: ngākau whakapuke, whiwhita, ngākaunui, ngangahau, whitawhita, ngākau whiwhita
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