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
I shouldn’t wonder if it brought the tangi down.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
They had come up the tangi in the early morning and she had been entranced with the vastness of the huge narrow chasm, the first of its kind she had ever seen.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
Down the tangi now, giving their steeds all the rein they dared, these two rode for dear life.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
“I believe, however, Upward, that as a matter of fact, he remembered the rather remarkable formation of that tangi behind the camp.”
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
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