(pronounced Tang-y)Maori word for a lamentation, a cry, or dirge.
1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'(Church Missionary Society), p. 207:
«Tangi, s. a cry or lamentation.»
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.p. 194:
«They wrapped the mutilated corpse in his red blanket, and boreit, lashed to a tree, to the village, where the usual tangitook place.»
1873. Lieut. – Colonel St. John, `Pakeha Rambles through MaoriLands,' p. 154:
«Shortly afterwards a `tangi' was held over those of the partywhose remains could be identified.»
1881. J. L. Campbell, `Poenamo,' p.191:
«Perhaps some old woman did a quiet tangi over his grave.»
1883. F. S. Renwick, `Betrayed,' p. 41:
«'Tis the tangi floats on the seaborne breeze,
In its echoing notes of wild despair.»