-nga
1. (particle) A suffix used to make verbs into nouns sometimes called derived nouns. Commonly used with verbs that do not take a direct object and take the passive ending -a and -na, statives and adjectives. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89, 123-124;)
2. (particle) A passive ending used with only a few verbs ending in -ai.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85;)
2. (noun) breath.
[ngā] piki me [ngā] heke
1. ups and downs, come what may, triumphs and setbacks, successes and failures.
Ahakoa pā iho te aha ki a Rēweti, pā iho anō hoki ki a Keita, arā, te pāpouri, te harakoakoa, tae atu ki ngā piki me ngā heke o ōna rā (TTR 1996:69). / No matter what affected Rēweti, it also affected Keita, that is the sorrows and joys, and the triumphs and setbacks.
ngā mihi
1. acknowledgements.
Synonyms: he mihi
Ngā Puhi
1. (personal noun) tribal group of much of Northland - sometime written as one word, i.e. Ngāpuhi.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)
I muri iho ko Te Tōtara ka mate i a Ngā Puhi (JPS 1946:28). / Just after that Te Tōtara pā was destroyed by the Ngā Puhi.
See also Ngāpuhi
Ngā Rauru
1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Waitōtara-Whanganui area.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)
Ko ngā kupu o te waiata, ko ngā whakamārama hoki he mea kohikohi mai e ia i ngā iwi o te rohe o Taranaki, i a Ngā Rauru, i a Ngāti Ruanui (M 2006:418). / He collected the words of the song and the explanations from the tribes of the Taranaki district, from the Ngā Rauru and Ngāti Ruanui tribes.
Ngā Pātari
1. (personal noun) Magellanic Clouds - two diffuse luminous patches in the southern sky, now known to be small irregular galaxies that are closest to our own.
I tētahi pō ka titiro ia ki te pō tū i waho i Te Omanga e tāruru ana, ki Te Ika-o-te-rangi me Ngā Pātari, ki te tae pūkohu tataiore e taipua ana i ngā maunga (JPS 1911:17). / One night he looked at the clouds beyond Te Omanga, resting close and compact, at the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds, at the flakes of mist running together and settling in masses on the mountains.
See also Whakaruruhau, Te
Synonyms: Whakaruruhau, Te