tomotomokanga
1. (noun) entrance, opening, entry foyer, gateway, entry, portal.
Ka kite mai ngā tāngata whenua, ka riri mai ki a Hakawau kia haere i raro, i ngā huarahi noa, kaua e haere i runga i ngā tomotomokanga o Puarata rāua ko Tautōhito (NM 1928:149). / When the local people saw that, they shouted angrily to Hakawau to go underneath, on the normal path, not over the entranceway of Puarata and Tautōhito.
Synonyms: pūahaaha, tarawaha, pūaha, wāhi, wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puare, puta, pūwaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, wherawhera, putanga, whakatuhera
