mangu

1. (adjective) be black.

Ko ō rātou kara he whewhero, he mangu (TJ 6/6/1899:2). / Their colours are red and black.

Mangu Kaha

1. (noun) Black Power - a gang name.

keneuri

1. (modifier) intensely, exceedingly, extremely - an intensive used with words indicating darkness and blackness, e.g. mangu keneuri.

He pō keneuri, ko te tikanga he pō e rere ai te tuna (HJ 2015:132). / Very dark nights are supposed to be nights when eels are moving.

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kirimangu

1. (modifier) black-skinned, dark-skinned.

I taku kōrero tuatahi i tuhituhia e au ngā whakahāweatanga a ngā iwi kirimā i ngā iwi kirimangu (HKW 1/10/1902:2). / In my first discussion I wrote about the prejudice of white-skinned people against black people.

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2. (noun) dark skinned person, black - sometimes written as two words, i.e. kiri mangu.

E ngaweki ana te mano o te tāngata i ōna tiriti - te kirimā, te kiri kaunenehu, me te kirimangu (HKW 1/3/1899:4). / Thousands of people crawled along its streets - the white skinned, the swarthy-complexioned and the black-skinned.

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