2. (noun) Adam's apple - the laryngeal prominence at the front of the neck, larger in a man.
Tāpua ana tērā te tenga o te tāne whīroki rā (PK 2008:914). / The Adam's apple of that skinny man is quite prominent.
3. (noun) goitre - a swelling of the neck resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland commonly caused by an iodine deficiency in the diet.
He wahine Māori tērā, ko tōna mate he tenga i tōna kakī. Ka tata ki te 30 ngā tau i tipu ai taua tenga ki tōna kakī (TTT 1/1/1925:172). / That is a Māori women and her illness is a goitre in her neck. The goitre had been growing in her neck for nearly 30 years.
