kanga

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ia) to curse, swear, verbally abuse.

Kanga kau ana te tangata ki a koe, e kore rawa e piri tana kanga ki a koe; hoki ana anō tana kanga ki a ia, hei whakamate anō i a ia (TMT 15/7/1861:8). / When a man swears at you, his curse will not affect you; his curse returns to himself to destroy him.

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2. (modifier) cursing, swearing, cussing, verbally abusing.

Kaua e whawhai atu ki te tangata kanga - waiho kia kanga ana, e hoki ana ki a ia tana kanga, me ngā utu hoki, hei whakangaro anō i a ia (TMT 15/7/1861:8). / Do not fight with the cursing man - let him go on swearing, and his curse will rebound on himself, with all its consequences, for his own ruin.

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3. (noun) curse, verbal abuse.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106; Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)

I te takoto whārōrō ana i tēnā moenga kua hemo. Nā tēnei, ka tino ū te whakaaro o ētahi, āe, he tino he kanga anō e tino tau ana ki runga i te hunga e raweke ana i ngā kōiwi o ngā Pārao (TTT 1/11/1929:1914). / While he was lying stretched out on his bed he died. This confirmed the opinion of some that it was because of a curse that settled on the group meddling with the bones of the Pharaohs.

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-kanga

1. (particle) A suffix used to make verbs into nouns, sometimes called derived nouns, and the usual ending for verbs that take -kia as the passive ending. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89, 123-124;)

I te tomokanga o te tauā, ka hinga te pā. / The pā fell when the war party entered it.

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kānga

1. (loan) (noun) corn, maize, sweetcorn.

Ka tahuri ia ki te whawhati kānga, ka tari ki rō whata, i ngā tōnapi ki rō whare (TWK 6:31). / He set about picking the corn and taking it into the storage place, and the turnips into the house.

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Synonyms: kōpakipaki

kānga

1. (noun) burning.

Ka kā te ahi a ngā tokorua rā, nō te kānga o te ahi, kātahi ka ruaki rātou katoa (JPS 1894:100). / The pair lit a fire, and when it was burning then everybody vomited.

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kānga wai

1. (loan) (noun) fermented corn eaten as a delicacy.

Tērā atu anō ētahi kai a te Māori, te kōuka, te pikopiko, te tuna, te kōtero, te taro - kāore aku kupu mō ēnei - engari me whakahua ake pea e au te kānga wai, te kānga kōpiro (TKO 30/6/1919:7). / There are other foods of the Māori, cabbage tree shoots, fern shoots, eel, fermented potatoes and taro - I have nothing to say about these - but perhaps I should mention corn steeped in water, fermented maize.

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kānga rere

1. (noun) cornflakes.

kānga kōpiro

1. (loan) (noun) fermented corn eaten as a delicacy.

Kakū ana tana ngao i ngā kai papai a te Pākehā, engari ko tēhea atu hoki i te kānga kōpiro, i te toroī, i te kōura mara, i te kina i rāua ki te wai māori mō ngā rā e toru, i te kōuka, i te mangō me te kererū huahua, he mea kōtutu katoa i roto anō i ōna hinu (TTR 1998:206). / He enjoyed the finest of Pākehā foods but relished fermented corn, pickled pūhā and mussels, crayfish fermented in fresh water, sea-urchins steeped in fresh water for three days, inner baby fronds of the cabbage tree, shark, and wild pigeons preserved entirely in their own fat.

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kānga pāhūhū

1. (loan) (noun) popcorn, parched corn.

Nā hohoro tonu a Apikaira, maua atu ana e ia he taro e rua rau, he wāina e rua ngā ipu, he hipi e rima, he mea kua oti te taka, he kānga pāhūhū e rima ngā mehua, he tautau karepe maroke kotahi rau, he papa piki e rua rau, he mea whakawaha ki te kāihe (PT I Hamuera 25:18). / Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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