tohunga

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tohunga (plural tohungas)

  1. (New Zealand) A Māori priest.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Maori

Etymology

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

Noun

tohunga

  1. expert, priest, healer.

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

Further reading
  • “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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