muanga
1. (noun) first-born, elder, elder child.
Ka whakapā atu tōna whānau ki te tohunga kia āraia atu te mate i whakahemohemo ai ana muanga, i taki ngaro katoa i te wā e tino tamariki tonu ana (TTR 1998:29). / Her family consulted a tohunga to prevent the problems that had caused the deaths of her elder siblings, who had all died when they were still children.
