ngoungou
1. (verb) to be thoroughly ripe, well cooked, soft.
Kāore i tua atu o te pītiti ka waiho kia ngoungou mai i te rākau, ka rere te wai i te kauae, i ngā ringa (PK 2008:533). / There is nothing better than a peach that's been left to ripen thoroughly on the tree, when the juice flows down the chin and from the hands.
2. (noun) topknot on the forehead.