tangi
Britishnoun
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a Māori funeral ceremony
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informal a lamentation
Etymology
Origin of tangi
Māori
Example Sentences
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The tangi is a Māori death rite that involves close and extended family remaining with the dead for three days to mourn and honour them.
From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2017
As the moon-rays brightened, he could make out the bottom of the tangi, and it looked hideously far down, almost as if the rush of water had worn it deeper.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram
By the way, Haslam, how is it all this while we’ve never been through that tangi?
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
The tangi is down, and the tumasha, whatever it is, was on the other side.”
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram
“It isn’t healthy taking too long to get through a tangi like this when there are rain storms going about,” Raynier was saying.
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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