karanga
See also: Karanga
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]karanga (plural karangas)
- In Māori culture, an exchange of calls that forms part of the pōhiri.
- 2003, Hirini Moko Mead, Tikanga Māori: Living by Māori Values, page 122:
- A karanga expert from within the manuhiri ope responds to the first karanga of the tangata whenua and indicates who they are.
Anagrams
[edit]Guinea-Bissau Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese carango. Cognate with Kabuverdianu korótchi.
Noun
[edit]karanga
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karanga class IX (plural karanga class X)
- soft groundnut, peanut
- Synonym: njugunyasa
- clubs (suit of cards)
- Synonyms: pao, mavi ya mbuzi
See also
[edit]| Suits in Swahili · ng'anda (see also: karata, karata za kucheza) (layout · text) | |||
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| makopa | uru | shupaza, majembe | pao, pau, karanga, mavi ya mbuzi |
West Makian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]karanga
- (intransitive) to lie on one's back
- Antonym: kailome
Conjugation
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
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| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | takaranga | makaranga | akaranga | |
| 2nd person | nakaranga | fakaranga | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | ikaranga | dakaranga | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | nakaranga, karanga | fakaranga, karanga | ||
References
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
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