Ngāti

See also: ngati

English

Etymology

From Maori Ngāti.

Noun

Ngāti

  1. (New Zealand) local or tribal group.

References

  • “Shane Jones scolded for yelling 'Ngāti Epsom' at National MP Paul Goldsmith in Parliament”, in Newshub‎[2], 26 May 2020

Anagrams

Maori

Etymology

From compound of ngā +‎ āti (“offspring”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈŋaːti/

Noun

Ngāti

  1. Prefix for an iwi or hapū; tribal group.
    Ko Ngāti Te Kanawa he hapū nō Ngāti Maniapoto; arā ko ngā uri o Te Kanawa
    Te Kanawa is a sub-tribe of Ngāti Maniapoto; and they are the descendants of Te Kanawa[2]

Derived terms

  • Ngāti Tūmatauenga (“"Tribe of Tūmatauenga", New Zealand Army”)

References

  1. ^ Apirana Ngata, Wayne Ngata (March 2019) “The Terminology of Whakapapa”, in Journal of the Polynesian Society‎[1], volume 128, number 1, pages 31-2
  2. ^ Ngāti – Māori Dictionary
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.