ngoingoi
1. (noun) elderly woman, old woman.
I tētahi ahiahi, ka mutu tā rāua hapa ko tōna ngoingoi me ā rāua tamariki, ka haere atu ia ki te taha o te ahi noho ai, titiro ai ki te pai o te kā o te ahi (TP 3/1911:11). / One evening when he and his elderly lady and their children had finished their tea, he went to sit beside the fire and to look at how nice the fire was burning.
Synonyms: hākuikui, kui, tāua, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, pēperekōu
2. (noun) southern conger, Conger verreauxi - greyish to black eel common on rocky reefs around the coast, usually at depths up to 200m.
See also kōiro
