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anganga

1. (noun) aspect, outlook, view, location.

Kāhore rā i tika i tō te wāhi tapu anganga, he mea takoto noa i waenga ngakinga (TK 1/2/1842:6) / The location of the sacred place was not right, because it lay in the middle of a cultivation.

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Synonyms: tauwāhi, wāhi


2. when facing, at the time of facing.

Kātahi ka anga ngā poti ki te tonga, kei reira ngā wēra e haere mai ana. Nō te anganga o ngā ihu o ngā poti rā ki reira, kātahi ka whakaae atu te ahi rā (TWMNT 18/9/1877:196). / Then the boats faced the south where the whales were coming from. When the bow of those boats faced in that direction, then the fire was used to signal confirmation that that was where the whales were.

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