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Definition of tohunga in English: tohunganoun ˈtəʊhʊŋə NZ A Maori priest or learned person. he was taken under the wing of a tohunga from Taranaki the tohunga are highly respected members of any Maori community because of their skills in faith healing Example sentencesExamples - It can be placed anonymously and is usually invoked by a tohunga, an expert practitioner, who can also lift it.
- Historically, only tohunga were allowed to live on the mountain.
- Artisans such as tattoo artists, canoe builders, house builders, and carvers were all classified as tohunga in Maori.
- When a sick person died, the tohunga would blame it on the patient, saying they had breached tapu or had committed a spiritual transgression.
- For a while, things were calm, until the paramount chief and tohunga began a new campaign.
- Based on a real story from 1937, the drama is about an ambitious teacher who seeks to awaken his spiritual prowess through visiting a tohunga.
- We must festoon the forests with these stones and bring in armies of tohunga to protect the pigeons with chants.
- In the days gone by, people like her mother would be trained as tohunga and their gifts developed.
- She explains that the tohunga of old practiced in the best interests of Maori and cared for their spiritual needs.
- I cannot be emphatic enough in condemning these tohunga, for I have seen the result of their work.
Origin Early 19th century: Maori, literally one skilled in signs and marks. |