tohunga

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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11
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13
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7

Definition of tohunga

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (New-Zealand)A Māori chosen to be a specialist in a specific skilled field; especially, a priest.
    “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 […].”

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Etymology

From Māori tohunga (“skilled person, chosen expert, priest, healer”).

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