Results for 'hāngi'
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?
Ā, nō ka hukea te hāngi, he hāwareware kau anō
Then, when the oven was opened, there was nothing but skin and bones
I haere wawe au ki te marae kia whakaritea ai te hāngī.
I went early to the marae so that the hāngī could be prepared.
Kāore e pai a Aroha ki te keri i te hāngī.
Aroha isn't good at digging the hāngī pit.
He koretake a Kauri ki te keri i te hāngi.
Kauri is useless at digging the hāngī.
