mingi
1. (verb) be curly, twisted (especially of the grain of timber, hair, etc.).
Ko tētahi tū, he uru pākākā, he taranui te huruhuru o te upoko, arā, he ahua mārō; he āhua māwhatu, he mingi ētahi (JPS 1913:177). / Another kind had reddish-brown hair, and thick hair, that is it was somewhat straight while others had somewhat curly locks or close curls.
2. (noun) broad-leaved mingimingi, Leucopogon fasciculatus, Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua and prickly mingimingi, Leptecophylla juniperina - native shrubs with small, narrow leaves which alternate or are in tufts, prickly to touch. Fruit is red, pink, blue or white and the bark is black.
Synonyms: mikimiki, mingimingi, hukihukiraho, tūmingi, ngohungohu, inangapōriro, taumingi, miki
