toanga

1. (noun) brave conduct, bravery, courage, valour, gallantry.

He tūpara te pū, hei whakamātautau i te toanga o taua ope (JPS 1990:141). / He had a double-barrelled gun, to test the bravery of the war party.

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2. (noun) victory, triumph, win.

Tino itiiti nei ngā kapa neke atu i te kotahi wā e toa ana, ā, ko aua kapa, ko Waihīrere o te Tai Rāwhiti (e toru ngā toanga), ko Te Waka Huia (e toru ngā toanga), me Te Rōpū Manutaki (e rua ngā toanga) (HM 2/1994:1). / There are very few performance groups that have won more than once and those groups are Waihīrere of the East Coast (three victories), Te Waka Huia (three victories) and Te Rōpū Manutaki (two victories).

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tōanga

1. (noun) place where something is dragged, hauling, dragging.

He tokomaha ngā tāngata i hui ki te mātakitaki i te tōanga o taua waka ki te wai (TWM 27/7/1871:6). / Many people gathered to watch the hauling of that canoe to the water.

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tōanga

1. (noun) setting (of the sun).

Ko te uma o te kōtiro e ka whakaea, ānō he hone moana āio i te waru e ūkura ana hoki i te tōanga o te rā, ka rite ki te kiri o tuawahine (NM 1928:58). / The girl's breast, oh when she breathed it was like the calm ocean swell in the eighth month (January) and the glowing of the setting of the sun was like the skin of our heroine.

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Synonyms: uranga