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tāmanga

1. (stative) be a young man.

I a ia e tāmanga ana, he mahi miraka kau, mahi whakarata hōiho āna (TTR 2000:194). / As a young man he milked cows and worked as a horse breaker.

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2. (modifier) youngest child, youngest child but one.

I te matenga atu o Rātana i taua tau anō, i moea ake e Iriaka a Matiu Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, tētehi o ngā tama tāmanga a te Māngai rāua ko Te Urumanaao (TTR 2000:174). / After Ratana’s death that year, Iriaka married Matiu Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, a younger son of the Māngai and Te Urumanaao.

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3. (noun) childhood.

Mai i tōna tāmanga i waitohua ia e ōna tīpuna hei kaiārahi mā rātou me tā rātou tohutohu i a ia, ahakoa tana whiwhi i te mātauranga Pākehā, me āta whakaako anō ia ki ngā tikanga Māori me te whakapapa (TTR 2000:68). / From childhood he was marked by his elders as a leader and was told that, as well as receiving a Pākehā education, he had to be trained in Māori customs and whakapapa.

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