Found 6 results matching "karanga"

• karanga

  1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to call, call out, shout, summon.   Ka karangahia e mātau te ingoa, ka whai haere mai i a mātau (HP wh20).When we called its name it would follow us.
  2. (noun) formal call, ceremonial call - a ceremonial call of welcome to visitors onto a marae, or equivalent venue, at the start of a pōwhiri. The term is also used for the responses from the visiting group to the tangata whenua ceremonial call. Karanga follow a format which includes addressing and greeting each other and the people they are representing and paying tribute to the dead, especially those who have died recently. The purpose of the occasion is also addressed. Skilled kaikaranga are able to use eloquent language and metaphor and to encapsulate important information about the group and the purpose of the visit.   See also kaikaranga.
  

• karanga manu

  (noun) bird-calling flute.  
  

• karanga-rua

  (noun) someone related through two different lines, standing in a double relationship.  
  

• karanga weka

  (noun) flute for calling weka.   (Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 165;)
  

• kupu karanga

  (noun) password - especially a verbal one.   I whakaaturia e ia te kupu karanga mō te pā kia horoa ai taua pā.He divulged the password for the fort so that fort would fall.
  

• tohu karanga

  (noun) exclamation mark.