-hanga
1. (particle) A suffix used to make verbs into nouns, sometimes called derived nouns, and the usual ending for verbs that take -hia as the passive ending. These nouns usually mean the place or time of the verb's action.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89, 123-124;)
I tae hoki mātau ki tōna tangihanga i Pātea / We also went to his funeral at Pātea.
2. (particle) A passive ending.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85;)
Nō te hokinga o Rewi ki te kāinga, ka rokohanga tētahi kuia e tangi ana. / When Rewi returned home he came upon an old lady who was crying.
