mangeo

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Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *maŋeho (compare with Hawaiian maneʻo and Tahitian maʻeo)[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *maŋeso.[2][3]

Noun

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mangeo

  1. itch, irritation, smart
  2. acridity
  3. annoyance, frustration

Adjective

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mangeo

  1. itchy, smarting
  2. acrid

Verb

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mangeo

  1. to itch, to irritate

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 210
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “mageho1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 345

Further reading

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  • “mangeo” 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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