tōngā
1. (modifier) restrained, reserved, reticent, retiring, quiet.
He tangata ngākau tōngā nei tōna, rerekē noa atu i tana wahine, i a Mere (TTR 1998:9). / He was a reserved man, in contrast to his wife, Mere.
Synonyms: memeke, rāhui, tāpui, whakatōngā, konekone, whakamōwai, pūihi, moke, tikumu, whakakumu, rikarika, ārikarika, hāngū, rarata, mārire, maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue
2. (modifier) secretly, secretive, in secret.
