āngai Pronunciation
1. (v.) To feed, as pigs, or one's family .
2. (v.) To hook the mangā hook onto the gun wale .
3. (v. & n.) To steady the fish, fishing .
4. (n.) A rodent abscess, one which the flesh eats into .
5. (v.) Foster, when applied to kinship terms, lit. Feeding. Tamariki angai - feeding/foster children .
‘āngai
1. (-a, -'ia). Feed somebody with (ki) something, feed something to (ki) somebody; The word is used for anything one can be said to kai, including liquor and medicine. Tē 'āngaī ra te puaka i tāna au punupunua. The sow is feeding her young; Kumete 'ānagī puaka, Trough for feeding pigs. Kia oti te moa i te ‘āngai, When the fowls have been fed; Kua ‘āngaia rātou i tō rātou tae‘anga ki taua ‘oire. They were fed when they arrived at the village; Tē ‘āngai nei au i aku taeake. I‘m giving a meal to a few of my friends; Kua ta‘ero ‘a Puna, nā Ti‘a i ‘āngai ki te kava. Puna is drunk, it was Ti‘a who fed him the liquor; Kua ruaki ‘aia i tōku ‘āngai‘anga ki te vairākau. He vomited when I gave him the medicine to drink.
2. Adopt (children). Kua 'āngai au iāia. I have adopted him; Mē ka 'āngai tamariki kōrua, 'e rave mei roto i tō kōrua kōpū tangata. If you two are going to adopt children, take them from within your own (extended) family (unit). Metua ‘āngai, Foster-parent. Tamaiti ‘āngai, Foster-child.
3. Pollinate. Nā'au e 'āngai i te vānira, nāku te mōtini. You pollinate the vanilla plants, i'll do the pumpkins. [Np. *faaāi.].