kanga
Bingham
kæ/nga
adv. how.
ex. e kanga what did he say?
kaánga
adv. as it were, so to speak.
Sabatier
kanga
intj. kanga! (placed after verb and meaning: so! all the same!).
ex. ti a kua kanga!: we are tired all the same, we are so tired.
kanga1
adv. how? in what way?, be, do.
ex. ko kanga?: what are you saying? ko tamatama ni kanga?: how do you manage to climb?
kanga2
adv. preceding a noun or a verb, so, as if, so to say.
ex.
- kanga te kaibuke: it seems to be a ship.
- kanga ti aoraki: we are sick so to say.