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Definition of hongi in English: honginoun ˈhɒŋiˈhäNGē NZ A traditional Maori greeting in which people press their noses together. Example sentencesExamples - Many Maori still practise hongi (rubbing noses) in greeting, particularly in formal/traditional settings.
- Let us talk about the brave Opposition leaders who wander up to Maniapoto country, go inside for a hongi, but then walk outside and try to talk tough.
- The Maoris have a traditional greeting, called hongi, in which they touch faces so that their noses are pressed together.
- Ironically it is during the hongi that I begin to feel the deep differences between them.
- I have a fabulous image of a hongi in an advert for the Maori TV channel.
- The tourist chiefs performed the hongi - the pressing of the noses.
- In the marae, the hongi (touching of noses) is the accepted greeting.
Definition of hongi in US English: honginounˈhäNGē usually the hongiNZ A traditional Maori greeting in which people press their noses together. Example sentencesExamples - The tourist chiefs performed the hongi - the pressing of the noses.
- I have a fabulous image of a hongi in an advert for the Maori TV channel.
- Ironically it is during the hongi that I begin to feel the deep differences between them.
- Let us talk about the brave Opposition leaders who wander up to Maniapoto country, go inside for a hongi, but then walk outside and try to talk tough.
- Many Maori still practise hongi (rubbing noses) in greeting, particularly in formal/traditional settings.
- In the marae, the hongi (touching of noses) is the accepted greeting.
- The Maoris have a traditional greeting, called hongi, in which they touch faces so that their noses are pressed together.
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