tūhononga
1. (noun) connection.
Nō ngā hapū anō hoki o Ngāti Ruru o Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi a Te Rio Te Hihiri, ā, tērā pea he tūhononga anō hoki ōna ki a Ngāti Tūwharetoa (TTR 2000:173). / Te Rio Te Hihiri was also of the subtribes of Ngāti Ruru and Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārang, and may also have had connections within Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
2. (noun) cluster.
He tūhononga ngota te rāpoi ngota (RP 2009:365). / Molecules are clusters of atoms.
