Etymology [ edit ] From Proto-Polynesian *ŋaakau Hawaiian naʻau ( “ intestines, mind ” ) , Tahitian ʻāʻau ( “ bowels, heart, conscience, soul ” ) , Tongan ngākau ( “ intestines ” ) and Samoan gāʻau ( “ entrails, penis ” ) .[1] [2]
ngākau
heart , mind , soul ( archaic ) intestines , bowels References [ edit ]
^ Tregear, Edward (1891 ) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary [1] 275-6 ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011 ), “gaakau ”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online Further reading [ edit ] “ngākau ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN