maingo
1. (noun) yearning, longing, hankering, hope, wish, want, aspiration.
Ka mahue tukaunga a Te Ngaru, ka puta te maingo ki a ia, ka whakatangitangi i tana pūtōrino kia rere ai te tangi i te moana (TTR 1994:142). / Te Ngaru was left bereft and played his pūtōrino flute so that the sound wafted across the lake.
See also kōingo
Synonyms: kāwatawata, korotū, minamina, tōmina, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, mina, mōhukihuki, manako, matenui, hihiri, koroingo
