rāngai
1. (verb) to swarm, flock (in large groups).
Heoi anō ngā mea e kai ana i reira he kororā, he kāruhiruhi, me te mano tini o ngā pārera e rāngai haere ana i runga o te repo (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:26). / The only things eating there were penguins, cormorants, and the myriads of wild ducks wheeling in large numbers above the marsh.
2. (noun) company, group, sector, herd, flock, shoal - may be used for people, fish, animals and birds.
He whakataukī nā te Māori: " He rāngai maomao ka taka i tua o Nukutauria e kore a muri e hokia." (TP 1/1909:6). / There is a saying of the Māori: "A shoal of maomao fish that passes beyond Nukutaurua Reef will not return."
Synonyms: tūtanga, matatāhuna, pāti, tuahiwi, tāhuna
