hunga
1. (noun) group, people, company of people, party.
Anei te reo Pākehā me tōna huhua o te kupu, engari kāore i paku kainamu atu te mātau o te hunga taketake ake nō rātou taua reo ki aua kupu katoa rā (HM 4/2009:3). / Here is the English language with its multitude of words, but native speakers of that language do not know anywhere near all the words of their language.
Synonyms: uepū, hokowhitu, pāti, ope, rahinga, iwi, nuinga, tāngata, pori, hanga, ētahi tāngata, tētahi tangata
2. (noun) slave.
E kore te Māori e pai kia riro ana whenua ki te iwi kē, i te mea kei kīia ai he hunga, he pori, he paruauru, i te mea hoki he ingoa kino aua kupu ana kīia ki a ia e te iwi kē (TW 24/8/1878:418). / The Māori would never like his lands to be taken by another tribe lest he is called a slave, a dependant, a labourer because those words are bad names when he is called that by another tribe.
