Etymology

whangai

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Today it means: A traditional Maori form of adoption practised within the extended family. Full definition →

Māori whāngai
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The story

  1. Māori · borrowed fromwhāngai
  2. English todaywhangai

Borrowed from Māori whāngai.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.