kānga - corn
kanga - abuse; curse
Kānga. ‖ kā (i).
Williams Dictionary
Kanga. 1. v.t. Curse, abuse, execrate. Kua kangaa koutou e te tini o Manahua (T. 85).
2. n. Curse. Ka ea tana kanga i a Mutahanga, i a Manahua (T. 93).
kakanga, n. Slave. (R.) E ahua e nga kakanga nei, ka kongange to tera hunga (P.).
Kāore anō au ki kia kai i te kānga wai.I haven't tried rotten corn yet.Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kāore ngā pakeke i te kai i te kānga pirau.The elderly are not eating the rotten corn.Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kei te kai ngā pakeke i te kānga pirau.The elderly are eating the rotten corn.
Me kia tere te kōwhaki i te kānga i mua o te ua, ka haere au.If it is necessary to hurry the picking of the corn before the rain I will go.
Me kāhore kia tere te kōwhaki i te kānga, ka haere au ki te tangihanga.If it is not necessary to hurry the picking of the corn I will go to the tangi.
He wera ērā kānga.Those corn are hot.
E kore anō e kanga anō i te oneone ā muri ake nei mō ngā mahi a te tangata (Genesis 8:21)Never again will I curse the earth because of human beings.
He reka ake te kānga piro ki a ia i te pūhāHe likes rotten corn better than pūhā,
tōtiti me te kānga.sausages and corn.
Nā te aha ngā kānga i kai?What has eaten the corn?
Nā te kiore ngā kānga i kai.(It was the rat (that) ate the corn (Rats ate the corn).
He reka te kānga?Is the corn sweet?
Kua kai kānga wai ia.He's tried fermented corn.
Ka whai atu rā hoki te kupu kanga i muri i a rātou.And the curse followed them.
He kānga wai tēnei.This is fermented corn.
Kua kai kānga wai koe?Have you tried 'rottten corn'?
