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Definition of Hongi

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Diphthongic
Diphthongic Diph*thong"ic (?; 115), a. Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. --H. Sweet.
Diphthongization
Diphthongization Diph`thong*i*za"tion, n. The act of changing into a diphthong. --H. Sweet.
Diphthongize
Diphthongize Diph"thong*ize, v. t. & i. To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel. ``The diphthongized long vowels.' --H. Sweet.

Meaning of Hongi from wikipedia

- The hongi (Māori pronunciation: [ˈhɔŋi]) is a traditional Māori greeting performed by two people pressing their noses together, often including the touching...
- Hongi Hika (c. 1772 – 6 March 1828) was a New Zealand Māori rangatira (chief) and war leader of the iwi of Ngāpuhi. He was a pivotal figure in the early...
- Labidochromis sp. "Hongi" is an undescribed species of cichlid fish from Eastern Africa. Other names for the fish include kimpuma, Hongi red top and Hongi cichlid...
- his 15-year-old son Hongi and their tribe allow a rival tribe access to the remains of the second tribe's fallen warriors. Hongi does not trust the rival...
- professors to deliberate the matter. In 1937, they issued the Kokutai no Hongi (国体の本義, "Cardinal Principles of the National Body/Structure", see Gauntlett...
- Kujiki (旧事紀), or Sendai Kuji Hongi (先代旧事本紀), is a historical ****anese text. It was generally believed to have been one of the earliest ****anese histories...
- Henry Matthew Stowell (1859–1944), also known by the pen-name Hare Hongi, was a New Zealand language interpreter and genealogist of European and Māori...
- battles with colonial forces during the New Zealand Wars. Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika in 1818 used newly acquired muskets to launch devastating raids from...
- ceremony involving speeches, cultural performance, singing and finally the hongi. It is used to both welcome guests onto a marae or during other ceremonies...
- Kami-mi-musubi no Mikoto." — translation by William George Aston In the Sendai Kuji Hongi, the first deity to appear is named 'Ame-Yuzuruhi-Ame-no-Sagiri-Kuni-Yu...