ongaonga
1. (verb) to be appalled, disgusted, horrified, displeased, jarring - sometimes used in conjunction with kiri as in the following example.
Ka rongo te Pākehā i taua mahi kino, ka ongaonga te kiri i te nui o te kino o taua atua (TWM 6/5/1865:2). / When the Pākehā heard about that terrible deed they were appalled at the evilness of that god.
2. (noun) repulsion, distaste, abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, revulsion, repugnance.
Nā runga i tōna kaha ongaonga ka whakatikaia katoatia e Mākereti ēnei kaupapa whakaaro kūare a ngā kairangahau matakawa Pākehā (TTR 1996:124). / Because she was so disgusted, Mākereti rectified these ignorant assumptions of the distasteful Pākehā researchers.
Synonyms: whakarikarika, wetiweti, whakarihariha, konekone, whakahouhou, whakaanuanu, whakapairuaki
3. (noun) tree nettle, Urtica ferox - a shrub with pale stinging hairs on its leaves and stem. The pale green leaves narrow to a point at the tip and have coarsely serrated margins. Found throughout the North Island and on the West Coast of the South Island.
I te tau 1961 ka mate tētahi tangata hīkoi i te werohanga i te ongaonga (Te Ara 2011). / In 1961 a tramper died after pushing through a stinging nettle bush.
4. (noun) dwarf bush nettle, Urtica incisa - a delicate nettle usually about 45 cm high, sparsely armed with stinging hairs along the stems and leaves. Leaves are deeply toothed. Found along forest margins and in shaded open places throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
5. (noun) southern nettle, Urtica australis - stout semi-deciduous shrub forming dense bushes up to 1 x 1 m. Endemic to the south western Fiordland coast, Stewart, Chatham and other main subantarctic islands. Abundant in coastal scrub and forest, favouring open ground, such as forest margins, open ground amongst scrub and grasses, and also cobble beaches and sand dunes.
