tōhuatanga
1. (noun) foetal development.
Kua mōhio noa atu te Māori, mai, mai, mai rā anō, ko te hinengaro o te tamaiti kua tīmata kē te hikohiko, te ohooho i te wā tonu o te tōhuatanga (Rewi 2005:43). / Māori have known for a long time that the mind of a child has already begun to be stimulated and awoken at the time of foetal development.