kumete
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Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kumete (“bowl, mortar”) (compare with Hawaiian ʻumeke, Tahitian ʻumete and Samoan 'umete)[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]kumete
References
[edit]- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 183
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kumete”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 73