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発音

• IPA: /ˈhɒŋ.i/
• 韻: -ɒŋi

名詞

hongi (plural hongis)

1. (New Zealand) The Maori greeting of touching noses. [from 19th c.]

動詞

hongi (third-person singular simple present hongis, present participle hongiing, simple past and past participle hongied)

1. (New Zealand) To perform the Maori greeting of touching noses. [from 19th c.]
   • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 88:

     [I]f I knew you better , or I was a warmer person, I would hongi, but…

アナグラム

• Gihon, ohing