tuangi
1. (noun) tuangi, New Zealand cockle, Austrovenus stutchburyi - a common round and plump bivalve mollusc with a ribbed shell found buried just beneath the surface on tidal mudflats and sand-flats. The shell is light grey in colour on the outside.
He nui tonu ngā painga o Maketū, arā he tata ki te moana, ki ngā pipi, ki te tuangi, ki te pāua me te ika (TTT 1/6/1924:60). / There are many benefits of Maketū, namely it's near the sea and to pipi, cockles, pāua and fish.
2. (verb) (-tia) to have a feast.
Ka titohia e Paratene he waiata, ka hākari te iwi (TTR 1990:111). / Paratene composed a song and the tribe had a feast.
3. (noun) sumptuous meal, feast, banquet, celebration, entertainment.
He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.
5. (noun) food display for a feast - high wooden framework on which food was placed for a feast in traditional times.
6. (noun) roe (of fish), yolk of an egg.
He kawenga mai nā te Kāwanatanga o ēnei motu i ngā hākari o ngā ika o tāwāhi, hei whakatupu ika i ēnei motu (TW 19/10/1878:514). / The Government of these islands are bringing the roe of fish from overseas to farm fish in this country.
7. (noun) fine dosinia, Dosinia subrosea - smaller than the tuangi haruru, the coarse dosonia, it is a medium-sized saltwater Venus clam, or medium bivalve mollusc.
See also harihari
2. (noun) fine dosinia, Dosinia subrosea - smaller than the tuangi haruru, the coarse dosonia, it is a medium-sized saltwater Venus clam, or medium bivalve mollusc.
