ngahuru
Appearance
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)
- ngahuru mano (10,000)
(all dialectal):
- 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]- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 275
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “hagafulu”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]ngahuru