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Ngāti
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ngati
English
Etymology
From en mi Ngāti.
Noun
en noun
en NZ local or tribal group.
en 19 March 1842 Government Notices New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette 1 61 4 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZHAG18420319.2.12 Alleged to have been purchased from the Native Chiefs Rangi Eroa and Ngati Awa, in June, 1838.
en 1915 w:Thomas William Downes Old Whanganui 72 https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/Old_Whanganui/Us00AQAAMAAJ Karihi, nothing loath to help, gathered together a party of the Ngati Poutama, and went out to avenge the curse.
Usage notes
Ngāti is never used on its own, only in connection to a following proper noun, for example Porou in mi Ngāti Porou.
References
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/05/shane-jones-scolded-for-yelling-ng-ti-epsom-at-national-mp-paul-goldsmith-in-parliament.html Shane Jones scolded for yelling 'Ngāti Epsom' at National MP Paul Goldsmith in Parliament 26 May 2020 Newshub https://web.archive.org/web/20240411031653/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/05/shane-jones-scolded-for-yelling-ng-ti-epsom-at-national-mp-paul-goldsmith-in-parliament.html 11 April 2024
Anagrams
en agint Giant TA'ing TAing Taing anti-g giant tagin tangi tiang tinga
Māori
Alternative forms
mi Kāti Ngaati Ngati Ngāti-
Etymology
From mi ngā<pos:plural definite article> āti<t:offspring>. https://thepolynesiansociety.org/jps/index.php/JPS/article/view/389 The Terminology of Whakapapa 31–2 Apirana Ngata Āpirana Ngata Wayne Ngata Journal of the Polynesian Society 128 1 March 2019
Pronunciation
ngāti '-
Noun
mi noun
Prefix for an mi iwi or mi hapū; tribal group.
mi Ngāi
mi 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 KanawaNgāti – Māori Dictionary
mi 1 January 1842 Ki te kaituhituhi i "te karere o Niu Tireni." Maori Messenger: Te Karere Maori 1 1 3 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/maori-messenger-te-karere-maori/1842/01/01/3 Ka mea to matou, "no Pewairangi" ka mea te Pakeha, "haere atu—haere atu, ka kino te tangata o Pewairangi ka kino Ngapuhi, ka pai Ngatipaoa, ka pai Waikato." We said, "We're from the Bay of Islands," and the Pākehā said, "Go away—go away, the people from the Bay of Islands are bad, Ngāpuhi are bad, Ngāti Pāoa are good, Waikato is good."
mi 24 September 1857 E hoa,—e te kai ta i te "Karere o Poneke. Karere o Poneke 1 2 2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/karere-o-poneke/1857/09/24/2 Ka kainga koramuramutia hoki e Ngati Tamatera:—kotahi, tokorua, tokorima, tokotoru, tokowha, a tekau, ki te matenga. And the settlements were also completely plundered by Ngāti Tamaterā:—one, two, five, three, four, even ten people at a time, to death.
mi 1915 Journal of the Polynesian Society XXIV 33 https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/The_Journal_of_the_Polynesian_Society/ft-rPrzpfGIC Na, he whakaatu tenei naku, ko Ngati-Awa tuturu, koia e takoto mai ra i Whakatāne, i Te Awa-o-te-atua. Now, this is my explanation: the true Ngāti Awa, those who are settled there at Whakatāne, at Te Awa o Te Atua.
Derived terms
mi Ngāti Tūmatauenga "Tribe of Tūmatauenga", New Zealand Army
References