ahunga
1. (noun) direction (of movement), bearing, orientation.
Arā anō ngā kupu ake a tēnā iwi, a tēnā iwi mō ngā ahunga matua (TRP 2010:97). / There are other words that each tribe has for the primary compass directions.
Synonyms: ahu
2. (noun) source.
E hia nei ngā kōrero a Hoani i whakamāoritia, ka meatia e Te Waiti ki roto i tana pukapuka tuawhā, 'Ko ngā tātai kōrero whakapapa a te Māori me ngā karakia o nehe', engari kāore i whakahuatia te ahunga mai i a Hoani (TTR 1994:59). / Hoani translated large chunks, which John White incorporated into his volume four of 'The ancient history of the Maori', but failed to acknowledge that the source was from Hoani.
3. (noun) origin.
He tino tohunga a ia ki ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te ahunga me ngā hekenga mai o te Māori me ngā iwi Māori o Poronihia – he kaupapa, taro ake nei, i tirohia ai e Te Rangi Hīroa (TTR 1996:13). / He was a leading authority on Māori and Polynesian origins and migrations – a subject Peter Buck was later to explore.
Synonyms: kunenga, takenga, pūnga, toi, pū, orokohanga, mātāwai, pūtake, ūkaipō, pī, orokohanganga, take
4. (noun) dimension (of space).
Kotahi anake te ahunga o tētahi rārangi, ko te roa. E rua ngā ahunga o tētahi papa - ko tōna roa me tōna whānui. E toru ngā ahunga o tētahi matarau, arā, ko te roa, te whānui me te teitei (TRP 2010:96). / A line only has one dimension - length. A plane surface has two dimensions - length and breadth. A solid has three dimensions - length, breadth and depth (TRP 2010:96).
