ngakinga - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

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1. (noun) clearing, garden plot, cultivated ground.

He ngakinga kai tērā wāhi i te tapa ngahengahe (JPS 1990:15). / That place was a food cultivation on the edge of the forest.

2. (noun) reprisal, revenge, act of vengeance, retribution.

Otirā mau ana a Ngāti Rua i ngā ngakinga mate a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:5). / But Ngāti Rua were caught up in government reprisals.

Synonyms: ngaki, rautipu, whakarite, utu, whakakaitoa, uto, utunga, rautupu

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