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ahungarua

1. (personal noun) elderly, old (of people), approaching old age.

Kua roa kē māua e whakatakoto mahere ana, e whiriwhiri ana mō āhea rā māua toro atu ai i a koe i te rongonga o māua i te hē haere koe i ngā ākinga a ahungarua, a mātāpūpututanga (HM 4/2009:4). / He and I were planning and deciding for a long time when we would visit you because we had heard that you were going downhill in your approaching old age and advancing years.

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Synonyms: waikauere, korokoroua, pūkeko, tahito, tawhito, kaumātua, tūārangi, aweko, tūpakeke, tuaukiuki, koroua, mātāpuputu


2. (noun) elderly person, old person, person approaching old age.

Kua tae mai ahau ki te ao o te ahungarua, o te mātāpuputu. / I have arrived to the world of the elderly, of the older generation.

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Synonyms: wheteke, taringa huruhuru, pōua, tūnohunohu


3. (modifier) underscore (computers).

Ka whakakapi rawa a Excel i ngā pūāhua muhu i ia ingoa mā tētahi pūāhua ahungarua (_) (LP 2017). / Excel will permanently replace invalid characters in each name with an underscore (_) character (LP 2017).

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4. (noun) underscore (computers).

Kāore te ingoa e tīmata ana ki te reta, ki te ahungarua rānei (LP 2017). / The name does not begin with a letter or an underscore (LP 2017).

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