ungaunga
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to urge persistently, urge insistently.
Tokorua ētahi wāhine Māori tūpakeke tonu kei te ungaunga i ngā kōtiro Māori o ngā takiwā o Ākarana o raro mai kia haere ki te tāone ka whakawhiwhia ki te mahi (TTT 1/8/1929:1039). / Two particular Māori women who are quite mature are urging Māori girls of the northern Auckland region to go to the city for work.
