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Tangaroa, n. 1. The moon from the twenty-third to twenty-sixth nights, varying some-what in different districts; the nights are distinguished as Tangaroa mua, Tangaroa roto, Tangaroa kiokio, and Tangaroa whakapau respectively. Kei hea te marama? He Tangaroa a mua, he pau te Korekore (M. 392).
2. A variety of eel.
Williams Dictionary
Nō muri tata mai ka whakamōtoro a Tangaroa i a Papa.
Shortly afterwards Papa was seduced by Tangaroa.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō mua i te piringa ki a Rangi, ka moe a Papa rāua ko Tangaroa.
Before the union with Rangi, Papa was in a relationship with Tangaroa.
Belonging to the past - nō
Tangaroa.
The god of the sea.
Rere ai ahau i ētahi wā ki a Tangaroa ruku ika ai.
I often go to sea to dive for fish.
I te ata anō, ka haere anō a Tangaroa ki.te hī.ika.
The very next morning Tangaroa went fishing.
I tīmata te ao i te moenga o Papa i a Tangaroa.
The world began with the union of Papa, the earth mother, with the sea, Tangaroa.
He tāne a Tangaroa.
Tangaroa was a male.
Haere mai e tama, rukuhia ngā pāua a Tangaroa nei.
Come here son, dive for the pāua belonging to Tangaroa.
