whāngai

== Māori == === Verb === whāngai (passive whāngaia or whāngaihia or whāngainga or whāngaitia)(transitive) to feed, nourish, bring up, foster, adopt, raise, nurture, rear === Adjective === whāngai foster, fostered, adopted, adoptive === Noun === whāngai foster child, adopted child === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “whāngai”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN