Results for 'whāngai'
whāngai - to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)
Whāngai. 1. v.t. Feed. Ka puta atu a Rongo-rongo ki waho, ki te whangai i a Taneroroa (T. 108). A, whangaia ana e Maui ki te paru (T. 26).
2. Nourish, bring up. Whangaia ta taua tuahine hei tangi i a taua (P. 95). Matua whangai, foster-parent. Tamaiti whangai, foster-child.
3. Offer as food. Homai te hiku o taku tawatawa, whangaitia mai kia pau (J. xx, 23). I whangaia atu nga kuku hei kai ma tana manuhiri.
4. Propitiate, invoke an atua, by offering or incantation. Katahi a Hakawau ka whangai i ona atua ki nga atua o Puarata, ko etehi o nga atua o Hakawau i whangaia, ko etehi i haere atu i muri. Otiia ko te tikanga o te karakia i haere ai enei atua, he whangai (T. 176).
5. Offer ceremonial food to an atua; merely a ceremonial use of sense 3, above; the expression generally being whangai i te hau. Waiho kia tae au ki te kawe atu i te hau o tenei tanga ika, a kia tae atu au ki te tohunga kia whangaia ki te atua (T. 22). Ka whangaia te hau mo ana mahi (T. 17). ‖ hau (v).
6. v.i. Increase in size, swell.
whāngaingai, n. Food sent to meet visitors on their way.
whangawhāngai, n. A charm. ‖ T. 154.
Williams Dictionary
E whāngai ana a Koa i te kurī.
Koa is feeding the dog.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ki a Pāpā te whāngai i te ngeru.
Dad will feed the cat.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?
Taihoa koutou e kai me whāngai te manuhiri i te tuatahi.
Don't eat yet, feed the visitors first.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Māku te tamaiti e whāngai.
I will feed the child.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku te ngeru e whāngai?
Shall I feed the cat?
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā Aidan te ngeru e whāngai!
It will be Aidan who will feed the cat!
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku ngā kurī e whāngai.
I will be the one to feed the dogs.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā ā tātou tamariki ā tātou ngeru e whāngai.
Our kids will feed our cats.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku te pēpi e whāngai.
I will be the one to feed the baby.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku ngā ngeru e whāngai!
I will feed the cats!
Future agent emphatic - māku
Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.
They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.
For the purpose of - hei
Kāore a Pāpā e whāngai i tēnei ngeru.
Dad will not feed this cat.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Kei te whāngai a Amaru i nga kurī.
Amaru is feeding the dogs.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
Ehara i ahau ngā hōiho i whāngai i tēnei ata.
I didn't feed the horses this morning.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Mā wai ngā kurī e whāngai?
Will will feed the dogs?
Who will? - mā wai?
He mea whāngai ia.
He was fostered.
The pseudo-passive - he mea...
I whāngai tamariki ai ia.
She fosters children.
Hei whāngai i ngā kurī.
For feeding the dogs.
Ka whāngai a Pāpā i tēnei ngeru aituā.
Dad will feed this unlucky cat.
