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-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;)

Kei konei tō moenga. / Your bed is here.

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2. (particle) A passive ending used with only a few verbs ending in -ai.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85;)

Kainga ā kōrua kai, e hine mā. / Eat your food, girls.

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ngā

1. (adjective) satisfied.

ngā

1. (verb) to take breath, breathe.

Tukua kia ngā tōku manawa (W 1971:225). / Let me take breath.

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2. (noun) breath.

ngā

1. (particle) (determiner) the - plural of te.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 13-14, 44;)

Homai ngā pereti. / Pass the plates, please.

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[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.

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ngā amiami me ngā namunamuā

1. (noun) herbs & spices.

Tirohia pea te kāpata mō ngā amiami me ngā namunamuā. Look in the herbs & spices cupboard. /

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Ngā Iwi

1. (noun) a tribe that once lived in the Auckland area but was replaced by later groups. They then moved further south to northern Waikato.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 117;)

ngā mihi

1. acknowledgements.

Synonyms: he mihi

Ngā Whakapapa

1. Chronicles - name of two of the books of the Old Testament.

ngā ... nā

1. (particle) those (near you) - alternative form of ēnā.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 44;)

Nā Rīhari ngā kai i hari mai. / Richard brought that food.

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Ngā Ānahera

1. (loan) (location) Los Angeles - a city on the Pacific coast of California and the second largest city in the US.

ngā ... nei

1. (particle) these (near me) - alternative form of ēnei.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 44;)

Tīkina mai ngā tūru nei. / Come and get these chairs.

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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.

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ngā ... rā

1. (particle) those (away from the speaker and listener) - alternative form of ērā.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 44;)

Nō te Pirimia ngā motokā . / Those cars over there belong to the Prime Minister.

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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.

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Ngā Waiata

1. Psalms - a book in the Old Testament.

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.

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Synonyms: Whakaruruhau, Te

ngā mihi

1. thank you.

Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero, Ngā

1. (noun) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

Kei Te Whanganui-ā-Tara te whare matua o Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua me ngā Taonga Kōrero. / The main building of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is in Wellington.

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Whakapuakitanga o te Rūnanga Whakakotahi i ngā Iwi o te Ao mō ngā Tika o ngā Iwi Taketake

1. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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