ngerengere
1. (noun) leprosy.
Kua tonoa te rata o Rotorua e te Kāwanatanga ki Taupō ki te titiro i te mate i reira e kīia nei he ngerengere; ki te kī a te Pākehā, he repera (KO 8/8/1890:2). / Rotorua's doctor has been sent to Taupō by the Government to look into the illness there called 'ngerengere', which according to the Pākehā is leprosy.
See also tūwhenua, mumutu, repera, tūhawaiki
Synonyms: takewhenua, tūwhenua, mumutu, mate tūhawaiki, mate ngerengere, mate tūwhenua, repera, tūhawaiki
2. (noun) fortification (of a pā).
Kātahi ka tomokia te pā o Hou-mai-tawhiti rātou ko āna tama e te taua a ngā tāngata o Uenuku mā, ka horo tētahi ngerengere (NM 1928:57). / Then when the fort of Hou-mai-tawhiti and his sons was attacked by the men of the war party of Uenuku and others, one palisade fell.
