tāngaengae
1. (verb) (-tia) to perform a ritual blessing for strength and is associated with the ritual of cutting of the umbilical cord.
Ka whānau, ka karakiatia, ka motu te pito, ka karakiatia, ka kawea ki te wai tohi ai, ka karakiatia, ka kawea ki te tūāhu, ka karakiatia, ka tāngaengaetia, ka karakiatia, ki ngā tikanga a ō rātau atua (TPH 30/11/1900:1). / When he was born, ritual chants were recited over him, the umbilical cord was cut and ritual chants were recited, he was taken to the stream for the tohi ritual and ritual chants were recited, he was taken to the sacred alter and ritual chants were recited and he was blessed and ritual chants were recited according to the customs of our atua.
2. (noun) umbilical cord.
Ka tapaina te tamaiti whai muri i te motunga o te tāngaengae (Te Ara 2013). / The child was named after the umbilical cord was severed.
3. (noun) crop (of a bird).
He kūkū tāngaengae nui, he pārera apu paru (W 1971:378). / The large crop of the New Zealand pigeon, the grey duck cramming mud. (A whakataukī crticising gluttony.)
4. (noun) exhaustion, fatigue.
