upoko
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *qulu-poko (compare with Tahitian poʻo and Hawaiian poʻo)[1][2] suffixed from *qulu (thus doublet of uru, see there for more details)
Noun
[edit]upoko
Derived terms
[edit]- pōkokohua (“a strong term of contempt”)
- rārangi upoko (“contents, list of chapters”)
- Te Upoko-o-te-ika-a-Māui (“head of the fish of Māui, Wellington”)
- upoko koura (“crayfish head”)
- upoko mārō (“headstrong; a headstrong person; a bigot”)
- upokotaua (“head-high tackle; coup d'etat”)
Verb
[edit]upoko (passive upokohia or upokotia)
- to meet and discuss
- to consider or deliberate
References
[edit]- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 577
- ^ Wilson, William H. (2012 December) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics[2], volume 51, number 2, pages 306-7