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Hangi vs Hongi - What's the difference?

hangi | hongi |

As nouns the difference between hangi and hongi

is that hangi is a traditional Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven while hongi is the Maori greeting of touching noses.

As a verb hongi is

to perform the Maori greeting of touching noses.

hangi

English

Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia hangi)
  • (New Zealand) A traditional method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven.

    • hongi

    English

    Noun

  • The Maori greeting of touching noses.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perform the Maori greeting of touching noses.
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