hail
—
stone (of a fruit)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Maori | |
| Lexeme | nganga | |
| Meaning 1 | hail | He uri nō rāua te hukarere, te nganga me te ua Snow, hail and rain were their descendants |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stone (of fruit), seed | Ka tukia te hīnau, ka opehia ki roto ki te hītari, ka ruia; nā ka horo ngā kiko ki te kete pai, ko ngā nganga ki roto i te hītari The hīnau berries are pounded, scooped into the sieve and shaken; so the flesh falls into the nice basket, while the stones remain in the sieve |
| Reference | MD | |
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