2. (noun) spot.
I te whā o ngā rā ka puta mai ngā kōtingotingo whero i te kanohi, muri iho ki ngā wāhi o te tinana ki raro iho (TWMNT 9/2/1875:35). / On the fourth day the red spots appear on the face, and afterwards on the parts of the body below that.
3. (noun) spots on kōwhaiwhai patterns - used to represent ancestors and as reminders to the whānau of those particular ancestors.
Mēnā koe e titiro ana ki ngā heke me ngā kōwhaiwhai, he kōtingotingo kei konā, he mea tohu e ōna whānau (Milroy 2015). / If you are looking at the rafters with the kōwhaiwhai patterns, and there are spots there, they are symbols put there by its families.
