ngai

/ əŋˈɡɑːiː /

prefix

1. clan or tribe: used before the names of certain Māori tribes

   Ngai Tahu

Word History and Origins

Origin of ngai¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Ngai notes that proponents of the INS operation often spoke of migrants in demeaning terms.

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One U.S. labor official, according to Ngai, reported that 88 deportees died of heat exhaustion or sunstroke in July of 1955 after being dropped off in the border city of Mexicali in 112°F July heat.

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But Ngai is skeptical that Trump could make good on his “threat” to launch the largest deportation campaign in American history.

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But in her closing arguments on Monday, the prosecuting assistant US attorney Genny Ngai said Chang had personally "signed all of the loan guarantees... and he was critical to the loans being approved".

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But the history of the claim goes even farther back, Dr. Mae Ngai, a Columbia professor of Asian American studies and history, told Salon.

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