whāngai

Maori

Verb

whāngai (passive whāngaia or whāngaihia or whāngainga or whāngaitia)(transitive)

  1. to feed, nourish, bring up, foster, adopt, raise, nurture, rear

Adjective

whāngai

  1. foster, fostered, adopted, adoptive

Noun

whāngai

  1. foster child, adopted child

Further reading

“whāngai” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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