pongaponga
1. (noun) nostril.
Nō te otinga o ēnei mea katoa, kātahi ka homai e tōku kaihanga ki roto ki ōku pongaponga te manawa ora. Nō konā tonu i tīmata ai taku tokomauri mō taku tūpekepeke me te whana o ōku ringaringa me te koa o tōku ngākau (TPH 30/3/1901:3). / When all these things were completed, then my creator put life in my nostrils. As a result I began to hiccough, kick and my arms jerked and my heart rejoiced.
2. (noun) method of adzing timber.