tonga
1. (modifier) southern, southerly.
I mate mai a Īhaka Whaanga ki Te Māhia i te 14 o Tīhema 1875, ā, he mea tāpuke i runga i tētahi maunga tū tahanga noa iho i te kōmata tonga o te pito o Te Māhia (TTR 1990:395). / Īhaka Whaanga died at Māhia on 14 December 1875. He was buried on an isolated hill at the southern tip of the Māhia peninsula (DNZB 1990:585).
2. (noun) south wind, south.
I tērā wā ko te minita whakahaere a Te Mātenga ki te hunga ki te tonga o Ahitereira (TTR 1990:18). / At that time Samuel Marsden was the minister to the people in the south of Australia.
See also tuauru-mā-tonga, tonga-mā-uru, tonga-mā-rāwhiti
