2. (verb) to be inactive, sit idly.
Kua hōngongoi te māngere rā i mua i te pouaka whakaata (PK 2008:129). / That lazybones sat idly in front of the television.
3. (verb) to frequent.
Tangata hōngongoi ki ngā whare petipeti whakarērea (PK 2008:129). / The person who frequents the betting houses, abandon him.
Hōngongoi
1. (personal noun) second lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to July.
I te marama o Hōngongoi, kua tino mātao te tangata, me te tahutahu ahi, ka pāinaina (HM 2/1990:3) / In the month of July a person is very cold and must light a fire and warm oneself.
See also Takurua
Synonyms: Hongonui, Maruaroa, Maramawhitu, Rua o Takurua, Te, Hūrae, Takurua
