hongi

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Maori hongi.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɒŋi

NounEdit

hongi

1. The Maori greeting of touching noses.

VerbEdit

hongi (third-person singular simple present hongis, present participle hongiing, simple past and past participle hongied)

1. To perform the Maori greeting of touching noses.

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

hongi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほんぎ

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MaoriEdit

NounEdit

hongi

1. The Maori greeting of touching noses.

VerbEdit

hongi

1. To perform the Maori greeting of touching noses.

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Rapa NuiEdit

VerbEdit

hongi

1. smell