māngaro
1. (modifier) tasty, mealy, floury.
Ka tunua ki te ahi ka maoa, ka romia, tangotango ana, ka mawhaki, ka kitea te māngaro, ka kīia kātahi te para māngaro (TP 1/1911:4). / It is cooked in the fire and when ready, it is squeezed, handled, broken open and the flouriness is discovered so the comment is made that it is floury para fern tubers.
2. (noun) sweetness, flavour.
Ka pātai te ngākau he aha i pēnei rawa ai tōna rongonui ehara kē hoki ia i te wahine whakaputa i a ia, ehara i te wahine whakahīnātore, ehara i te kūmara kōrero mō tōna māngaro (H 1992:29). / One asks why she was so famous when she was not a woman who promoted herself, was not a star, and was not like the kūmara talking about its sweetness.
3. (noun) starch.
He nui te māngaro o roto i te kūmara (RP 2009:276). / There is a lot of starch in kūmara.
