māngi

1. (verb) to be floating, drifting.

Mutu pū ana te waha o te pū - ko te auahi anake o te pū e māngi ana i runga i te pā, me te mamaoa wai wera nei te āhua (TWM 21/10/1865:1). / Then the guns stopped firing completely - only the smoke of the guns was floating above the pā, like the steam of hot water.

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2. (verb) to be unnerved, unsettled, distressed - by grief, hunger, etc.

Kei te māngi noa au ki taku tamaiti ka riro (W 1971:178). / I am quite distressed about my child who is gone.

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3. (verb) to be fleet, quick, swift, fast.

Anana! Māngi ana ngā waewae o te tangata nei (W 1971:178). / Wow! This man is fleet of foot.

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4. (modifier) fleet, quick, swift, fast.

He waewae māngi ō Niha. / Nisha is fleet of foot.