ngai
/ (əŋˈɡɑːiː) /
NZ clan or tribe: used before the names of certain Māori tribes: Ngai Tahu
Origin of ngai
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How to use ngai in a sentence
What makes ngai's discussion novel is her application of the "cute" to highbrow poetry.
Zany, Cute, Interesting: What the Words We Use Say About Us | Benjamin Lytal | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOnce you read ngai's account of it, you'll see "zany" everywhere.
Zany, Cute, Interesting: What the Words We Use Say About Us | Benjamin Lytal | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCharacteristically, ngai adduces two very different examples of the zany: Lucille Ball and Friedrich Nietzsche.
Zany, Cute, Interesting: What the Words We Use Say About Us | Benjamin Lytal | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed what's most depressing about ngai's terms is their smallness, their triviality.
Zany, Cute, Interesting: What the Words We Use Say About Us | Benjamin Lytal | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFor ngai, the zany is an aesthetic about the withering of sensibility.
Zany, Cute, Interesting: What the Words We Use Say About Us | Benjamin Lytal | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The tu, of course, is non-radical, the Gudang form being ngai.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon LathamSo Ko-ngai returned home sorrowful at heart; but she kept secret all that she had heard, and told no one what she had done.
Some Chinese Ghosts | Lafcadio HearnNatta ngai padlo ngaityarniappi; watteyernaurlo tappandi ngaityo parni tatti.
Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia And Overland | Edward John EyreApparently all those people, being ngai-Tai, were of one tribal identity.
The City of Auckland | John BarrMuch etiquette was observed in the method of our admission into Hoa ngai.
Intimate China | Mrs. Archibald Little
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