rahinga
1. (noun) abundance, party, company, majority.
Ko mātau he wāhanga mai nō roto i a Ngāi Te Ruatamore, kua heke atu ki te pito whakatetonga te rahinga o mātau (JPS 1928:184). / We are a division of Ngāi Te Ruatamore, the majority of our people having migrated southward.
Synonyms: pio, nuinga, tokomaha, hokowhitu, hunga, pāti, ope, uepū, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, kaipukahu, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, pukahu, maruru, ngahue, maha, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, hira
2. (noun) size, amount, enormity, volume, dimension, quantity.
Ka kitea tekau mano eka te rahinga atu o te whenua i mauria (HP 1991:31). / It was seen that the amount of land taken was ten thousand acres.
Synonyms: nui
