aranga

Compare Evenki арангас (arangas), Yakut араҥас (araŋas), etc.

aranga (plural arangas)

1. Among Siberian peoples, a platform on which the body of a deceased human, usually a shaman (or his horse), is placed, as a form of sky burial.

From ara (“to awaken”) +‎ -nga.

aranga(intransitive)

1. to arise, to emerge, to appear
2. to become known

aranga

1. arising
2. resurrection

• Te Aranga (“Easter”)

• “aranga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.