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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KAWANATANGA

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PRONUNCIATION OF KAWANATANGA

kawanatanga  [ˈkɑːwɑːnɑːtɑːəŋɡɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KAWANATANGA

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Kawanatanga 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 KAWANATANGA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kawanatanga

Kāwanatanga is a word from the Māori language of New Zealand. The word kāwanatanga was first used in the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand, 1835. It reappeared in 1840 when the Treaty of Waitangi was being translated from English into Māori. It was used there to translate the concept of sovereignty. Some historians believe that there was no existing suitable word in the Māori language at the time, however many Māori believe that the word mana would have provided appropriate meaning. One supposition is that if mana had been used instead of the new, transliterated kāwana tanga, the treaty would never had been signed. The first part of the word, Kāwana, is a transliteration into Māori of the English word governor. The suffix -tanga is very similar in meaning and use to the English suffix -ship, for example rangatiratanga and kīngitanga. So a literal translation of the word would be governorship. From an idiomatic perspective, this word had little meaning to the chiefs signing the treaty, since the concept of being governed by an overseeing authority was alien to Māori.

Definition of kawanatanga in the English dictionary

The definition of kawanatanga in the dictionary is governing; governorship.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KAWANATANGA


budgerigar
ˈbʌdʒərɪˌɡɑː
Bulgar
ˈbʌlɡɑː
Chandigarh
ˌtʃʌndɪˈɡɑː
changa
ˈtʃʌŋˌɡɑː
Chhattisgarh
ˌtʃʌtɪsˈɡɑː
cigar
sɪˈɡɑː
dargah
ˈdɜːɡɑː
Elgar
ˈɛlɡɑː
gaga
ˈɡɑːɡɑː
gar
ɡɑː
gare
ɡɑː
Hagar
ˈheɪɡɑː
Jamnagar
ˌdʒæmnəˈɡɑː
kaika
kɑːiːəŋɡɑː
kanga
ˈkɑːŋɡɑː
Mullingar
ˌmʌlɪnˈɡɑː
nougat
ˈnuːɡɑː
ongaonga
ˌɒəŋɡɑːˈɒəŋɡɑː
runanga
ˈruːnɑːəŋɡɑː
segar
sɪˈɡɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KAWANATANGA

kauri
kauri gum
kauru
kava
kavass
Kaveri
Kavir Desert
kawa
Kawabata
kawaii
kawakawa
Kawasaki
Kawasaki´s disease
kawau
Kay
kayak
kayaker
kayle
kaylied
kayo

WORDS THAT END LIKE KAWANATANGA

anga
Bucaramanga
charanga
chimichanga
Ganga
Kananga
karanga
Katanga
kotahitanga
manga
mganga
Mpumalanga
pa´anga
panga
ranga
rangatiratanga
sanga
tanga
Tauranga
Zamboanga

Synonyms and antonyms of kawanatanga in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kawanatanga» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KAWANATANGA

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The translations of kawanatanga from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kawanatanga» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

kawanatanga
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kawanatanga
570 millions of speakers

English

kawanatanga
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kawanatanga
380 millions of speakers
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kawanatanga
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

kawanatanga
278 millions of speakers

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kawanatanga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

kawanatanga
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kawanatanga
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kawanatanga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kawanatanga
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

kawanatanga
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

kawanatanga
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kawanatanga
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kawanatanga
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kawanatanga
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कावणतंगा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kawanatanga
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kawanatanga
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kawanatanga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

kawanatanga
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kawanatanga
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

kawanatanga
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

kawanatanga
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kawanatanga
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

kawanatanga
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kawanatanga

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KAWANATANGA»

The term «kawanatanga» is normally little used and occupies the 131.164 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KAWANATANGA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kawanatanga» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kawanatanga» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kawanatanga

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KAWANATANGA»

Discover the use of kawanatanga in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kawanatanga and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Politics of Māori self-determination
This book concerns contemporary development in Maori as well as this nation's aspirations for greater autonomy.
Mason Durie, 1998
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Journal. Appendix
TE take i tuhituhi vatu ai matou he nui no tenei rarumru e takoto ake nei, tetehi take he kore whakarongo mai 0 nga Minita o te Kawanatanga ki a matou pukapuka tono atu ki a ratou ki a tirohia mai to matou mate. Na konei ka ahu atu ta matou ...
New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, 1871
3
Translation and Power
In the Bible the term kawanatanga was used with reference to Pontius Pilate and his governance, and rangatiratanga referred to the phrase "the Kingdom of God," as it appeared in the King James Version of the Bible. It must be assumed that ...
Maria Tymoczko, Edwin Gentzler, 2002
4
Always Speaking : The Treaty of Waitangi and Public Policy
Manukau Report, the derivation of the word 'kawanatanga' is discussed: ' Kawanatanga' was well chosen by the missionary translators; Sovereignty or ' Rangatiratanga' is not conditioned. Although 'Kawanatanga' is a coined word it was ...
Veronica Tawhai, Katarina Gray-Sharp, 2011
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Magical Criticism: The Recourse of Savage Philosophy
87 Hence kawanatanga means “governorship.” Missionaries coined the word in 1833 to translate the English “governance” and “kingdom” into Ma ̄ori.88 According to Biggs, neither of these words had a referent in preco- lonial Ma ̄ori  ...
Christopher Bracken, 2008
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The Waitangi Tribunal:
In the Mohaka River Report, the Tribunal said that kawanatanga 'need not be inconsistent with the exercise of rangatiratanga',59 and in the Ngawha Geothermal Report it stipulated that kawanatanga 'should not diminish the principles of ...
Janine Hayward, Nicola Rowan Wheen, 2004
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The Shaping of History: Essays from the New Zealand Journal ...
We called them “Sovereignty”; the Natives called them “Kawanatanga,” “ Governorship.”59 It was not the New Zealanders who called 'this unknown thing' kawanatanga, it was the Protestant missionaries. It was a coined word, from kawana, ...
Judith Binney, 1968
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The Discovery of Islands
The crucial area in the several texts has come to be one in which something is ceded to the crown, which in the Maori text is termed kawanatanga and in the English 'sovereignty', and something is retained by the chiefs and iwi, which in Maori ...
J. G. A. Pocock, 2005
9
Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Maori versions of the Treaty ceded kawanatanga (governorship) to the Crown, but vested Maori sovereignty in tino rangatiratanga by guaranteeing exclusive customary rights over property. Moderate versions suggest a shared sovereign ...
Duncan Ivison, Paul Patton, Will Sanders, 2000
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Histories, Power and Loss: Uses of the Past--a New Zealand ...
'Delegation' works in terms of the functions of government, and is the word Williams used: kawanatanga. Kawanatanga is derived from kawana (governor). Maori would have understood the first in terms of the second, whom they saw in the ...
Andrew Sharp, Paul G. McHugh, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KAWANATANGA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kawanatanga is used in the context of the following news items.
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Iwi groups join Tribunal's TPP claim
It said the Government had the kawanatanga [governorship] to make foreign policy under Article 1 of the treaty and it had taken reasonable ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
2
Treaty links to Magna Carta explored
If we think about the sort of key ideas of kawanatanga and rangatiratanga that sets up an idea where yes there is a kawanatanga responsibility ... «waateanews.com, Jun 15»
3
Iwi Chairs Caution Government Agencies
At the nub of the issue is the finding that some organs of the Kawanatanga are playing catch-up with what is even meant by Whanau Ora, ... «Scoop.co.nz, May 15»
4
Granted government, not sovereignty
Sovereign power and authority was retained by Maori in the declaration (ko te kingitanga, ko te mana). The word “kawanatanga” was also used ... «Gisborne Herald, Apr 15»
5
Waitangi Wahine
Most significantly, in the Māori version the word 'sovereignty' was translated as 'kawanatanga' (governance). Some Māori believed that the ... «Scoop.co.nz, Apr 15»
6
Treaty truths not for twisting
The term kawanatanga (governance) came from the missionaries, not Maori. Kawanatanga is likely to have been explained to the chiefs as ... «Gisborne Herald, Mar 15»
7
Tikanga Maori still our law
Instead of using “kawanatanga/governance” they inserted “sovereignty meaning tino rangatiratanga”, which they bestowed on the British ... «Gisborne Herald, Mar 15»
8
Sovereignty was clearly ceded
... Maori word for “sovereignty” (showing how vague the concept had been) the Williams chose the missionary-coined word “kawanatanga”. «Gisborne Herald, Mar 15»
9
Joshua Hitchcock: Tribunal a part of healing process
The differences between the Maori "te tiriti" and the English "treaty", especially the difference between kawanatanga and sovereignty, have ... «New Zealand Herald, Jan 15»
10
WHY THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL IS LYING TO MAORI
You couldn't get a clearer example that Maori knew kawanatanga was interchangeable with sovereignty: “We are the sovereign – we the chiefs ... «InvestigateDaily, Dec 14»

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