whero

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Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Proto-Polynesian *felo (“yellow, tawny”) (compare with Hawaiian helo, Tongan felo and felofelo)[1][2][3]

Noun[edit]

whero

  1. red (orangish or brownish)
    Synonym: kura

Adjective[edit]

whero

  1. red

Verb[edit]

whero

  1. to redden

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Maori · ngā tae (layout · text)
     mā, tea      kiwikiwi      pango
             whero, kura              karaka; parauri              kōwhai, renga
                          kākāriki              kārikiuri
                          kikorangi              kahurangi
             tūāuri              waiporoporo              māwhero

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 622
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “felo.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Branstetter, Katherine B. (1977 January) “A Reconstruction of Proto-Polynesian Color Terminology”, in Anthropological Linguistics‎[2], volume 19, number 1, page 21

Further reading[edit]

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