nguengue
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to be quiet, silent, reserved, placid.
Nei rā te wao tapu ka nguengue (HM 1/1998:1). / Here the sacred forest is silent.
Synonyms: whakamōwai, māhuruhuru, mākoha, kōratarata, aungāwari, rarata, māhaki, konekone, whakatōngā, tāpui, rāhui, memeke, whakaroau, mū, noho ngutu kau, ngū, mōhū, whakakeke, haumūmū, mārire, whakamārie, wahangū, tōngā, nohopuku, māika, rangimārie, maho, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū
2. (modifier) quiet, silent, reserved, placid, inhibited.
He tangata pakupaku noa nei tōna hanga, he tangata nguengue, huna nei te āhua, engari me ka tū mai ana ia i te whatārangi, tū mai ana he tangata rerekē (TTR 2000:98). / He was small in stature, a quiet and private person, but if he stood up on the stage, he was a different person.
