Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangi
Literary usage of Tangi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"Futuna: tangi, to weep, to groan, the cry of any animal, the sound of any ...
Mangareva : tangi, to mourn, to wail, to weep, to sing, to make a noise, ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"I'll give 'im another ten minutes an' then I'll shoot 'im.' Things was gettin'
pretty dusty in the tangi, so we all listened. ' 'E wants to see a friend,' ..."
3. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1911)
"Here is the song commemorating the event:— The fight raged and was won at Makatea—
Be thou a warrior strong to kill tangi-taura Thou will have to fight ..."
4. In and Beyond the Himálayas: A Record of Sport and Travel in the Abode of Snow by Samuel James Stone (1896)
"WE started next day along the tangi road, which we followed for a mile, and then
crossed over to the right bank of the stream at a point where the water has ..."
5. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean ...by William Mariner, John Martin by William Mariner, John Martin (1817)
"This word also means the string of a bow. Tenga-tangi. Sickness : (this word is
only used in respect to chiefs, ..."
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