Ngāi

== English == === Alternative forms === Kāi, Ngaai, Ngai, Ngāi- === Etymology === From Māori Ngāti. === Noun === Ngāi (uncountable) Descent group marker used in iwi or hapū names beginning with T. Coordinate term: Ngāti == Māori == === Alternative forms === Kāi, Ngaai, Ngai, Ngāi- === Etymology === Reduction of Ngāti before /t/. === Noun === Ngāi Descent group marker used in iwi or hapū names beginning with T. Coordinate term: Ngāti ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Ngāi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.