hūnguengue
1. (modifier) retiring, unpresuming, quiet, reserved, reticent, unassuming, self-effacing, plebeian.
Ehara ia i te pākiwaha, he tangata hūnguengue kē ia. / He isn't boastful, but is a self-effacing person.
Synonyms: moke, pūihi, whakakumu, tikumu, mahimahi, hauhauā, kāraroraro, kurumetometo, tautauhea, tautauwhea, whakatōngā, konekone, whakamōwai, memeke, rāhui, tāpui, whakamārire, hū, rata, hāngū, rarata, mārire, māika, māhaki, rangimārie, nohopuku, maho, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamārie, whakamāria
