tohunga

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English

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Etymology

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From Maori tohunga (“skilled person, chosen expert, priest, healer”).

Noun

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tohunga (plural tohungas)

  1. (New Zealand) A Māori priest.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Maori

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Etymology

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Cognate with Hawaiian kahuna, Tahitian tahua, Tongan tufaga and Samoan tufuga.[1]

Noun

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tohunga

  1. A skilled person, an expert
  2. A priest, a healer

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 524

Further reading

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  • “tohunga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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