ngahuru
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Maori[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *haŋafulu (compare with Hawaiian anahulu (“period of ten days”), Tahitian ʻahuru (“ten”), Tongan hongofulu), from Proto-Oceanic (compare with Fijian sagavulu),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq (compare with Malay puluh (“-ty”) and sepuluh (“ten”), Tagalog sampulo (“ten”)), from Proto-Austronesian *puluq.[2]
Numeral[edit]
ngahuru
Derived terms[edit]
- ira ngahuru (decimal point)
(all dated):
- ngahuru mā tahi (11)
- ngahuru mā rua (12)
- ngahuru mā toru (13)
- ngahuru mā whā (14)
- ngahuru mā rima (15)
- ngahuru mā ono (16)
- ngahuru mā whitu (17)
- ngahuru mā waru (18)
- ngahuru mā iwa (19)
References[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
ngahuru