mariunga
1. (noun) stick to convey the āhua of a sick person to a distant tohunga.
Ka whakamārama a Tuta Nihoniho o Ngāti Porou i te mariunga, arā, he matire karamū, māpou, maire rānei hei torotoro haere i te tinana o te tūroro kia whiwhi i te tino o te tūroro. Kātahi ka heria te matire rā ki te tohunga māna hei tohu ki te ora ki te mate rānei (Te Ara 2016). / Tuta Nihoniho of Ngāti Porou described the mariunga, that is a wand of karamū, māpou or maire, which was touched to the body of an invalid and received their essence.The wand was then taken to a tohunga, who could tell whether the patient would recover or die.
2. (noun) part of the body of a dead foe, or a captured enemy, brought to a mourning relative.
Ka kainga hoki e ia te ahikarae me ngā mariunga i mauria rā (JPS 1911:23). / And he ate the ahikarae and mariunga which they had brought.
