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hauhunga

1. (modifier) frosty.

Ka kaumātuatia, ka tirohia atu - ē, ko tōna rite ko te maunga hauhunga, ko Tongariro (TTR 1990:187). / When he became elderly and to look at him - oh, he was like the frosty mountain, Tongariro.

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2. (noun) frost.

He mātotoru tonu te tau atu o te hauhunga ki te whārua i ngā pō kapua kore, hau kore o te hōtoke (PK 2008:87). / The frost settles quite thickly in the valleys on the cloudless, windless nights of winter.

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3. (noun) pale green variety of greenstone.

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