parauri

Māori

Etymology

From para (“yellow, dirt, silt”) +‎ uri (“dark, deep [of colour]”), literally “dark yellow”. Compare with paraumu (“topsoil”, literally “soil of the umu”) and parā (“to turn yellow of dirt, to ripe”).

Similar connections of yellow and brown can be found in the Austronesian language family: Malay kuning tanah (literally “dirt yellow”), referring to the hexadecimal colour      #EEB261, which can be perceived as brownish to Westerners.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrauri/ [pɐˈɾɐʉɾi]

Adjective

parauri

1. dark (of skin colour)

Noun

parauri

1. brown

See also

Colors in Māori · ngā tae (layout · text)

tea, mā	kiwikiwi	pango, mangu
mea, kura, whero	karaka; parauri	kōwhai, renga
	kāriki, kākāriki	kārikiuri
	kikorangi	kahurangi
tūāuri	waiporoporo	māwhero

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “parauri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 308
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “parauri”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN