ngawha
/ˈŋɑːfə
/noun (plural same or ngawhas) NZ
A hot spring: a map shows the location of most of the ngawhas...
- In the depths somewhere is a ngawha.
- It seems to have resembled a ngawha, or a simple boiling-spring.
- One of them fell in a ngawha, was badly scalded and died.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Maori.
- protodynastic
- proto-Earth
- proto-Elamite
- protoenstatite
- Protoevangelion
- Protoevangelium
- protofibril
- protofilament
- protoform
- protogalactic
- protogalaxy
- protogastric
- protogeneous
- protogenetic
- protogenic
- Protogeometric
- Proto-Germanic
- protogine
- Proto-Gospel
- protogram
- protograph
- protogynous
- protogyny
- protohaem
- protoheme