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hāngi - traditional earth oven

Hāngi, n. 1. Native oven, consisting of a circular hole in the ground, in which the food was cooked by heated stones. Ka tahuna te hangi tapu, ka ngiha (T. 172).

2. Contents of the oven. Koia a Tamure i mea ai ma tana kotiro e kai taua hangi (T. 173).

3. Scarf, cut, or dip made in felling a tree. = umu.

Williams Dictionary

I taea e Rāwiri te hāngī te tunu.
Rāwiri was able to cook the hāngī.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore i taea e Rāwiri te hāngī te tunu.
Rāwiri was unable to cook the hāngī.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Kua kai hāngi koe?
Have you tried hāngi?

Kāore e pai a Aria ki te keri i te hāngī.
Aria isn't good at digging the hāngī pit.

He koretake a Hēmi ki te keri i te hāngi.
Hēmi is useless at digging the hāngī.

#7: I'm good
#90: Sarah came first in her ceramics class
#134: I am unable to drive the car
#178: She immediately cried and is still crying.
#103: The mother is watching the children who are not playing
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