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kānga - corn

kanga - abuse; curse

Kānga. ‖ (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.).

Williams Dictionary

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 present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kei te kai ngā pakeke i te kānga pirau.
The elderly are eating the rotten corn.

He wera ērā kānga.
Those corn are hot.

tōtiti me te kānga.
sausages and corn.

He reka te kānga?
Is the corn sweet?

Kua kai kānga wai ia.
He's tried fermented corn.

He kānga wai tēnei.
This is fermented corn.

Kua kai kānga wai koe?
Have you tried 'rottten corn'?

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#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)
#97: Is Rangi helping Mere, it is Mere helping Rangi?
#187: Particles in the preposed periphery
#107: The children are eating, however their food is not healthy
#159: Rangi ate the cake. The cake was eaten by Rangi. If was Rangi who ate the cake.
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