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Meaning of tohunga | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A Māori chosen to be a specialist in a specific skilled field; especially, a priest.

New-Zealand

Examples

“Those who became tohunga did so not simply voluntarily, but because they displayed aptitudes at an early age which indicated to their elders that they had been chosen by deities to perform particular functions […].”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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