mongamonga
1. (stative) be crushed, bruised, shattered.
Ka whakakitea mai a Mikaere te tino anahera ki a Te Kooti, ka mea mai: 'E mongamonga noa iho ōu iwi, i te taumaha o ō mahi ki a rātau' (TTR 1990:217). / He was visited by the archangel Michael who said: 'Your people will be crushed by the weight of your deeds upon them.'
Ko te roa o te nākahi ka takatakaia ki te tangata, kātahi ka notia kekekeke ana, ā, mongamonga noa ngā wheua (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:7). / After the snake twines round and round the person, it squeezes tighter and tighter till it crushes his bones.
Synonyms: pakaru, pūrikiriki
2. (noun) bone marrow.
Ngotehia te wheua nā kia puta mai ai te mongamonga (PK 2008:472). / Suck that bone so that the bone marrow emerges.
3. (noun) muscle tissue.
Ko te iwi o te tuarā kua pakoki, ko taua wāhi i pakoki, kei te kurutēngia te mongamonga, kua kati te huarahi e puta ai, he whāngai i tētahi kaha mō ngā mongamonga o ngā waewae, koia nei i ngehe ai ngā waewae o te tangata nei (TTT 1/1/1925:171). / The spinal column has been damaged and the place that was damaged is the spinal cord that is crushed and the avenue whereby the muscle tissue of the legs is provided with the strength to operate is closed off so that this person's legs are weak.
4. (noun) penis.
Synonyms: toperu, tama ngarengare, ure
