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pononga

1. (noun) servant, slave, captive.

Ranaharoto Kopo: He tangata whakahangareka, he pononga nā Hairoka (TTT 1/11/1926:496). / Launcelot Gobbo: A clown and Shylock's servant.

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Synonyms: wheteke, tia, rōpā, pāihi, mōkai, kaitonotono, hāwini, tūmau, apa


2. (noun) subject (of the Crown, etc.), follower, disciple.

I te wā i whānau ai a Kepa, i Ōtewā a Te Kooti rātau ko āna pononga Ringatū e taki noho ana (TTR 1998:34). / At the time that Kepa was born, Te Kooti and his Ringatu followers were living at Otewa.

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