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ngangana

1. (verb) to make a disturbance, agitate.

Mō ētahi marama tonu rātou e ngangana ana ki a rātou, tata rawa ka pakanga ko te rohe katoa (TTR 1990:57). / For some months they were in conflict, the whole district was very nearly at war.

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2. (verb) to be red, scarlet, glowing.

He mea hanga hoki ki te ngira te pā mō te kūwaha o te marae, he purū, he pāpura, he ngangana, he rīnena miro pai (PT Ekoruhe 38:18). / And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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3. (modifier) red, scarlet, glowing.

Ka makā atu e Taininihi tōna kura, ka ākiritia ki te waitai i tana kitenga tuatahi i ngā puaka ngangana o te rātā (TMT 2/9/1861:11). / Taininihi threw away his treasured possession, he threw it into the sea when he first saw the red flowers of the rātā tree.

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4. (noun) red, scarlet, glowing.

I hanga anō he pā mō te whatitoka o te tēneti ki te purū, ki te pāpura, ki te ngangana, ki te rīnena miro pai hoki, he mea mahi ki te ngira (PT Ekoruhe 36:37). / And he made a hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework.

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Synonyms: pūwhero, hīwera, kākaramea, kura, pākurakura, ura, whero, nganangana, tōwhero, waipū

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