tokerau
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Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”). Cognates include Tokelauan tokelau, Samoan to'elau, and Rapa Nui tokerau.
No words for the cardinal directions can be unambiguously reconstructed for Proto-Polynesian, as there would be little use for them on the small Polynesian islands. However, on the much larger North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu) of New Zealand, the usefulness of such terminology led the Māori to adopt this word for "north".[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tokerau
References[edit]
- ^ Bruce Biggs (1994) “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley, M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, , page 26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “tokerau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”). Cognates include Tokelauan tokelau, Samoan to'elau, and Maori tokerau.
Noun[edit]
tokerau
Categories:
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- mi:Compass points
- mi:Seasons
- Rapa Nui terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Rapa Nui terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Rapa Nui lemmas
- Rapa Nui nouns
- rap:Atmospheric phenomena