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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KANGA PIRAU

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PRONUNCIATION OF KANGA PIRAU

kanga pirau  [ˈkɑːəŋɡɑː ˈpiːrɑːuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KANGA PIRAU

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kanga pirau is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KANGA PIRAU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of kanga pirau in the English dictionary

The definition of kanga pirau in the dictionary is fermented corn used as food.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KANGA PIRAU


Diu
ˈdiːuː
kawau
kɑːwɑːuː
mairehau
mɑːiːrəhɑːuː
mapau
ˈmɑːpɑːuː
piupiu
ˈpiːuːˌpiːuː
Tiu
ˈtiːuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KANGA PIRAU

kane
kaneh
kang
Kang-de
Kang-te
kanga
kangaroo
kangaroo closure
kangaroo court
kangaroo dog
kangaroo grass
Kangaroo Island
kangaroo mouse
kangaroo paw
kangaroo rat
kangaroo vine
kangaroo-like

WORDS THAT END LIKE KANGA PIRAU

Aarau
Arrau
au
beau
Bissau
bureau
Dessau
Drau
feldgrau
Frau
Guinea-Bissau
hausfrau
Jungfrau
nouveau
Palau
prau
tamarau
Tarau
tau
Zwickau

Synonyms and antonyms of kanga pirau in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kanga pirau» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KANGA PIRAU

Find out the translation of kanga pirau to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kanga pirau from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kanga pirau» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

袋鼠妈妈pirau
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kanga pirau
570 millions of speakers

English

kanga pirau
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kanga pirau
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كانجا pirau
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Кенга pirau
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kanga pirau
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঙ্গার পিরাউ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kanga pirau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanga pirau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kanga pirau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カンガのpirau
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

kanga 의 pirau
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanga pirau
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Kanga pirau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கங்கா பிரவ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कांगा पियरू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kanga pirau
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kanga pirau
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kangurzyca pirau
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Кенга pirau
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kanga Pirau
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Kanga pirau
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kanga pirau
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kanga pirau
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kanga pirau
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kanga pirau

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KANGA PIRAU»

The term «kanga pirau» is barely ever used and occupies the 212.435 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kanga pirau

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KANGA PIRAU»

Discover the use of kanga pirau in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kanga pirau and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations
A more obscure objection was to the making and consumption of kanga pirau ( fermented corn) and other fermented foods. This “modern customary practice” was deemed an offense pursuant to Chief Justice Martin's rules. Wiremu Patene of ...
Keri E. Iyall Smith, Patricia Leavy, 2008
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Murder in Opunake: Detective Senior Sergeant Aleksander ...
There was enough time for them to gather fresh wata-kirihi, puha, kaeo, prepare kanga pirau and to buy in supplies of taewa, kumera and paukena. Hata would kill the poaka and hipi while Queenie cooked large amounts ofparaoa ready for ...
Susannah Brobyn, 2011
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Food in Antiquity: A Survey of the Diet of Early Peoples
^33, 235,236,237 Jujube, 137 Juvenal, 92, 93, 108, 118 Kale, 117 Kanga pirau, 176 Kitchen middens, 64, 150 Knossos, 146, 150, 154, 158, 238 Kwashiorkor, 187 Lactarius, 86; L. deliciosus, 92 Lagenaria, 125-126 Lard, 153 Lascaux, ...
Don R. Brothwell, 1969
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FOOD YOGA - Nourishing Body, Mind & Soul
... Europe with sauerkraut, and kefir; the Americas with kombucha, standard pickling, and chocolate (fermented cacao); the Pacific region with poi (fermented, mashed taro root) and something called kanga pirau, or rotten corn. The modern diet ...
Paul Turner, 2013
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The Silent Migration: Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club, ...
Fred had a happy time with his aunt. For a time they camped on the beach at Pukerua Bay, but he had trouble getting accustomed to the food they were eating. "I wasn't used to the Maori kai, like dried shark and kanga pirau (fermented corn)  ...
Patricia Grace, Irihapeti Ramsden, Jonathan Dennis, 2001
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The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change
(Angas 1847, II: 28–9) The result was the still esteemed kanga pirau. Such anaerobic fermentation was not practicable for the much smaller mature wheat heads. From its introduction in 1793 (Thomson 1859:158), maize cropping appears to ...
Chris Gosden, Professor of European Archaeology Chris Gosden, Jon G. Hather, 2004
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South Pacific Phrasebook
I kanga pirau koura hingi h.ik.in huhu bugs, dug from huhu rotting trees mussels kuku/kutai mutton bird tin sea urchins (a Maori delicacy) shellfish kin.i kaimoana shellfish (large) shellfish (small) toheroa iii.uu.i sweet potato wild sow thistle ...
‎1999
8
Food and Faith in Christian Culture
21 The missionary brethren had an equally strong aversion to the various fermented foods that Maori enjoyed. A particular favorite was kanga pirau, or fermented maize, which many early European visitors referred to as “putrid maize ,” “rotten ...
Ken Albala, Trudy Eden, 2011
9
1,000 Years of Gardening in New Zealand
By the 1840s the fermented maize pulp kanga pirau, which had been previously shaped into flat cakes for cooking, was also being cooked in iron pots. George French Angas stopped to watch a meal being prepared at the edge of a potato ...
Helen May Keedwell Leach, 1984
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Touching on deaths: a medical history of early Auckland ...
Local Maori objected to his actions but did not stop him.21 Selwyn 's theoretical pathology, probably derived from the mephitic theory of disease, was almost certainly wrong. Putrescent maize (kanga pirau) is made by placing corn in a flax kit ...
L. K. Gluckman, Ann Gluckman, Mike Wagg, 2000

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KANGA PIRAU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kanga pirau is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fascination with fermentation puts new twist on old flavours
The notoriously foul-smelling kanga pirau, popular in the South Pacific, is made by submerging corn cobs in running water for six weeks. «The Globe and Mail, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Kanga pirau [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kanga-pirau>. Apr 2024 ».
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