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karanga

karanga noun: in Māori culture, an exchange of calls that forms part of the pōhiri.

Noun

karanga (plural karangas)

  1. In Māori culture, an exchange of calls that forms part of the pōhiri.
    • A karanga expert from within the manuhiri ope responds to the first karanga of the tangata whenua and indicates who they are.2003, Hirini Moko Mead, Tikanga Māori: Living by Māori Values, page 122

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Karanga

Karanga

  1. A Maban language spoken in Chad.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Karanga

Karanga

  1. A dialect of the Shona language of Zimbabwe.

Forms of karanga

pluralkarangas

Origin of karanga

From Māori karanga.

Questions about karanga

What does karanga mean?
Karanga means in Māori culture, an exchange of calls that forms part of the pōhiri.
What part of speech is karanga?
Karanga can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of karanga?
The plural of karanga is karangas.

Words near karanga in the dictionary

  1. karanda
  2. karandas
  3. Karang
  4. karang guni
  5. karang gunis
  6. karanga
  7. karangas
  8. Karangetang
  9. Karangi
  10. karanja
  11. Karanjas

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