Etymology

ongaonga

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Today it means: The plant Urtica ferox, a nettle endemic to New Zealand with woody stem and large stinging spines. Full definition →

Māori ongaonga
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The story

  1. Māori · borrowed fromongaonga
  2. English todayongaonga

Borrowed from Māori ongaonga.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.