hāngū
1. (verb) to be dumb, mute, quiet, incommunicative, not talkative, silent, taciturn, passive, still.
Ko ana tikanga e rite ana ki tā mātou titiro ki te tangata i kīia e te iwi he tino tangata, ā hāngū tonu iho (TW 26/7/1875:112). / In our opinion his career is like the man who the people said was wise, but was mute.
2. (modifier) dumb, mute, quiet, incommunicative, not talkative, silent, taciturn, passive.
Mā tana noho hāngū ka kīia ai e te iwi he tika te kōrero tūtara mōna (TW 11/8/1877:322). / Because he remained silent the people said that the rumour about him was correct.
Synonyms: wahangū, whakaroau, mū, noho ngutu kau, ngū, mōhū, whakakeke, haumūmū, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakamārire, hū, rata, hūnguengue, rarata, mārire, maho, rangimārie, māhaki, māika, nohopuku, tōngā, nguengue
3. (noun) mute.
I whakapai nei i ngā tamariki i mauria atu ki a Ia; i whakaora nei i ngā matapō, i ngā taringa kua turi, i ngā hāngū, i ngā kopa, i ngā repera (THM 1/4/1889:5). / He blessed the children brought to Him; cured the blind, the deaf, the mute, the lame and the lepers.
4. (modifier) passive - a grammatical term for passive sentences (rerenga hāngū) when the subject undergoes the action of the verb, i.e. is passive not active. In Māori, verbs used in passive sentences usually take a passive ending and the agent of the action is preceded by e.
He rerenga hāngū tēnei: Ka tukuna atu e mātou he karere ki a Rua i Matahī, kia haere mai ki te āwhina i a mātou (TTT 1/5/1925:227). / This is a passive sentence: A message was sent by us to Rua at Matahī to come to assist us.
See also pīmuri whakahāngū
hāngū
1. (verb) (-tia) to scrape (strips of harakeke with a shell) - to leave the fibre, or muka.
Kai te hāngū harakeke a Makurata (W 1971:35). / Makurata is scraping flax.
Synonyms: hāngungu
kūmuri hāngū
1. (noun) passive suffix, passive ending - endings added to a verb that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending. The passive endings are: -tia, -hia, -ngia, -a, -ia, -ina, -kia, -mia, -na, -nga, -ria, -whia, -whina, -kina.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88;)
See also tūmahi hāngū
Synonyms: hiku whakahāngū, pīmuri whakahāngū
tūmahi hāngū
1. (noun) passive verb - a word that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending. The passive endings are: -tia, -hia, -ngia, -a, -ia, -ina, -kia, -mia, -na, -nga, -ria, -whia, -whina, -kina.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88;)
I te rerenga kōrero 'kua horoia ngā rīhi', ko te 'horoia' te tūmahi hāngū. / In the sentence 'kua horoia ngā rīhi', 'horoia' is the passive verb.
See also pīmuri whakahāngū
Synonyms: hāngūtanga
hāngū-kore
1. (noun) not in the passive (grammar).
Nā, ko te huarahi tuarua e whakaaetia ana, ko te whai i te whakatakoto hāngū-kore, me te kuhu atu i te 'i' ki muri tonu i te tangata māna te mahi, pēnei nā: Me horoi tāua i ngā utauta nei (HJ 2012:54). / Now, the second way that is allowed is to follow the pattern not in the passive, with the inclusion of the 'i' immediately after the person who will do the action, e.g. You and I should wash these dishes.
