tōmina
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to long for, desire.
Ko te kaupapa ia o te hui ko "Te Whakaora Reo", ā, i riro ai mā konei te hui e whakahaere, he tōmina nō rātou kia whakanuitia te rautau o te reo Hīperu - te reo o ēnei rā (HM 1/1991:5). / But the theme of the conference was "Saving Language", and it was responsibility of this place to organise the gathering because of their wish to celebrate the centenary of modern Hebrew.
See also mina
Synonyms: kaimomotu, kūata, kuika, kūwata, kare, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, manako, whakangākau, ōkaka, hihiri, tāmina, āmene, korou, popono, pūkōnohinohi, warawara, wawata, wara, ohia, mānakonako
2. (noun) desire, longing, hope, wish, yearning.
Ko te maruāpō, ko te tōmina nui, ko te moehewa o Tīmoti kia rite anō tēnei whenua ki tō ngā Hāmoa ā-reo nei, arā, kia rangona te reo ahakoa huri ki hea, ahakoa haere ki hea (HM 4/1998:3). / The aspiration, the great desire, the dream of Tīmoti is that this country be like that of Samoa, language-wise, that is that the language be heard no matter where you turn or where you go.
Synonyms: kāwatawata, korotū, maingo, minamina, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, mina, mōhukihuki, manako, matenui, hihiri, koroingo
