1. (particle) A suffix used to make verbs into nouns, sometimes called derived nouns, and the usual ending for verbs that take -kia as the passive ending. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89, 123-124;)
I te tomokanga o te tauā, ka hinga te pā. / The pā fell when the war party entered it.
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