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ngaringari

1. (verb) to increase in numbers, grow in numbers.

Kua ngaringari ake ngā tāngata e haere mai ana ki ā tātau hui (Ng 1993:223). / The numbers of people attending our gatherings are increasing.

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2. (noun) a little, something, something small.

E kī ana tēnei hunga engari te ngaringari i te tino kore rawa atu nei (HM 3/1995). / This group says that a little is better than absolutely nothing.

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3. (modifier) choral.

He mea tātaki mai e ia te tīma kapa haka nei a Maranga i Ākarana, me tētahi rōpū ngaringari, ko te ingoa ko te rōpū pakiwaitara o Aotearoa (TTR 2000:11). / He led a haka team, Maranga, in Auckland, and a choral group, called the Aotearoa Folklore Society.

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4. (noun) song to make people pull together, anthem, marching song.

Kāore i roa ka rongonui te ngaringari o te Ope Taua Māori ki ngā minenga o te ao, Pākehā mai, Māori mai hoki (Te Ara 2016). / It wasn't long before the Māori Battalion marching song became popular with Māori and Pākehā audiences of the world.

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