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panga - puzzle, riddle

pangā - (pass) be thrown; be passed

Pānga. ‖ (i), (ii).

Williams Dictionary

Panga (i), v.t. (pass. pangā, pangaina). 1. Throw. Ka tango ia ki tetahi hua o taua rakau, ka pangā iho (T. 16). Pangā atu ana āna kura ki te wai (T. 74).

2. Lay, place. Ka pangaina ko Panako-te-ao, ko nga Pateri, ka pangaina ko Autahi, ko te whetu o te tau (Pi. 175, 2). Ka pangā atu he kumara kia tupu i reira (T. 74).

3. Aim a blow at. Ka tae atu a Mongotipi, ka pakaina (pangaina) e Whakatau ki te toki (Tr. vii, 48). Te panganga atu ki te pae miromiro, mate ana te nuinga (T. 96).

Williams Dictionary

Panga (ii), n. Riddle, game of guessing. He aha taku panga? Panga tuna, eel-pot.

Williams Dictionary

#159: Rangi ate the cake. The cake was eaten by Rangi. If was Rangi who ate the cake.
#81: What has happened to cause you to cry now?
#152: Kātahi anō au kua tae mai. I have just arrived (or I have arrived at last, or I have arrived for the first time).
#197: Kia... ai with statives
#104: He will not drive his car at night
#166: Nominaliztion
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