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angitu

1. (stative) be successful, lucky, fortunate.

I āhua ōrite ngā kapa i te weheruatanga, engari, i te haurua tuarua, ka puta ngā hautipua o Aotearoa ki te kawe i a rātou ki te taumata angitu. / The teams were pretty even at half-time, but in the second half the stars of New Zealand emerged to take them to the successful outcome.

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Synonyms: māri, waimaria, waimarie, māngari


2. (noun) luck, success, coup, opportunity.

Nā ōna mōhiotanga, nā tāna atawhai matawhāiti, nā tōna hiringa me tōna mātauranga tōrangapū, i pērā rawa ai te angitu ōna ki tēnei whakatakanga āna (TTR 1996:112). / His intelligence, tact and persistence and political skill brought him considerable success in this mission (DNZB 1996:363).

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Synonyms: kōwhiringa, āheinga, āhei, waimarietanga, māngaringari, māngari, waimaria, waimarie

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