kanga
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ia) to curse, swear, verbally abuse.
Kanga kau ana te tangata ki a koe, e kore rawa e piri tana kanga ki a koe; hoki ana anō tana kanga ki a ia, hei whakamate anō i a ia (TMT 15/7/1861:8). / When a man swears at you, his curse will not affect you; his curse returns to himself to destroy him.
2. (modifier) cursing, swearing, cussing, verbally abusing.
Kaua e whawhai atu ki te tangata kanga - waiho kia kanga ana, e hoki ana ki a ia tana kanga, me ngā utu hoki, hei whakangaro anō i a ia (TMT 15/7/1861:8). / Do not fight with the cursing man - let him go on swearing, and his curse will rebound on himself, with all its consequences, for his own ruin.
3. (noun) curse, verbal abuse.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106; Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)
I te takoto whārōrō ana i tēnā moenga kua hemo. Nā tēnei, ka tino ū te whakaaro o ētahi, āe, he tino he kanga anō e tino tau ana ki runga i te hunga e raweke ana i ngā kōiwi o ngā Pārao (TTT 1/11/1929:1914). / While he was lying stretched out on his bed he died. This confirmed the opinion of some that it was because of a curse that settled on the group meddling with the bones of the Pharaohs.
