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ngari - annoyance

Ngari (i) (poetical) = engari, conj. Ngari Te Tumuhuia hei oranga ngakau (M. 376).

Williams Dictionary

Ngari (ii), n. 1. Annoyance, disturbance. Kia ope noa te whakairoiro hei ngari mo maua ko taku tamaiti poriro (M. 87).

2. Greatness, power.

3. = ngeri. Rhythmic chant with action.

whakangari, v.t. Tease, annoy.

ngaringari. 1. v.i. Increase in numbers. Ma te tau nui anake o te manu, katahi ka ngaringari ake.

2. n. Song to make people pull together. Ko matou kei te hapai i te mea taimaha, ka tika ma matou te ngaringari.

Williams Dictionary

#143: You will be the one to do the dishes
#102: I did not go, I was not going, I am not going
#190: Jude will have our food
#133: Why didn't you talk to the teacher?
#60: My mother is cake baking
#100: That aforementioned thing
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