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hāngi - traditional earth oven

Hāngi, n. 1. Native oven, consisting of a circular hole in the ground, in which the food was cooked by heated stones. Ka tahuna te hangi tapu, ka ngiha (T. 172).

2. Contents of the oven. Koia a Tamure i mea ai ma tana kotiro e kai taua hangi (T. 173).

3. Scarf, cut, or dip made in felling a tree. = umu.

Williams Dictionary

I taea e Rāwiri te hāngī te tunu.
Rāwiri was able to cook the hāngī.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore i taea e Rāwiri te hāngī te tunu.
Rāwiri was unable to cook the hāngī.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Kua kai hāngi koe?
Have you tried hāngi?

Kāore e pai a Ari ki te keri i te hāngī.
Ari isn't good at digging the hāngī pit.

He koretake a Niko ki te keri i te hāngi.
Niko is useless at digging the hāngī.

#147: The boy in the library
#123: Spill the beans!
#43: We are going to his house
#142: N is used for emphasis
#102: I did not go, I was not going, I am not going
#172: The bad big wolf
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