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Language: South Island Maori

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Maori
•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Maori (1773)
•  Ethnologue Information for mri
•  OLAC Information for mri
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for mao
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 10 entries

• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2020-09-29 13:45:35)
• Changed #194718 from "a. poto", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-31 08:34:34)
• Changed from "b. pupuhi" (Word 137) - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-31 08:28:55)
• Changed "notes" from "As sourced from the University of Auckland General Library. Call Number: 499.541 H28 1987" - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-28 03:16:15)
• Added Entry (Word 7) - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-28 02:53:14)
• Changed #194624 from "b. pupu", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-28 02:49:04)
• Changed #194706 from "a. maroke", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-28 02:49:04)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-28 02:48:14)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-28 02:47:06)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2011-01-28 02:46:56)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	rika		1, 64
2	left	maue		1, 59
3	right	tika	'straight'	x
4	leg/foot	uaeuae		1, 100
5	to walk	haere		6
6	road/path	huanui
7	to come	haramai		1, 42
7	to come	tae	to come/arrive
8	to turn	tahuli		15
8	to turn	tahuri	to turn, to turn around	15
9	to swim	kaukau		5
10	dirty	maku
11	dust	nehu		1, 67
12	skin	kiri		1
13	back	tuara		11, 113
14	belly	kauaritaka
15	bone	iui		52, 5
16	intestines	piro
17	liver	ate		1
18	breast	u		1
19	shoulder	pakihiwi		8
20	to know, be knowledgeable	matau		1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	mohio	to know	52
20	to know, be knowledgeable	ara	to know, to awake
21	to think	mahara		8
22	to fear	mataku		1
23	blood	toto		4
24	head	uboko		10
25	neck	kaki		20
26	hair	huruhuru		31
27	nose	ihu		1
28	to breathe	kauhou
28	to breathe	hā	breathe	11
29	to sniff, smell	hoki		9
30	mouth	uaha		1, 8
31	tooth	niho		1
32	tongue	arero		15
33	to laugh	kata		7
34	to cry	taki		1
35	to vomit	ruaki		8, 31
36	to spit	huare		18
36	to spit	tuha	to expectorate, to spit	120
37	to eat	kaikai		1, 47
38	to chew
39	to cook	pupu	b.
39	to cook	taona	to roast, to burn	10
39	to cook	tao(-na)	cook (Wiliams 1971)	10
40	to drink	inu		1
41	to bite	kakáhu		7
42	to suck
43	ear	tarika		1
44	to hear	roko		1
44	to hear	fakaroko	to hear, to listen	1
45	eye	konohi		4
46	to see	kite		1
47	to yawn	whakaturupeke
47	to yawn	hamama	to yawn, to open	19, 28
48	to sleep	moe		10, 109
49	to lie down	tokoto		7, 10
50	to dream	reki		46
51	to sit	noho		16
52	to stand	tu		2
53	person/human being	taane
53	person/human being	taane	husband	x
54	man/male	tangata		12, 14
55	woman/female	uahine		1, 106, 116
56	child	nohinohi
57	husband	takata tou		77
58	wife	putahi
59	mother	hakui		15
60	father	hakolo		31
61	house	uare		14
62	thatch/roof	tapatu		50
62	thatch/roof	tuanui	roof (no definition given)	77
63	name	ikoa		6
64	to say	ki		43
65	rope	taura		9
66	to tie up, fasten	herea		43
67	to sew	tuitui		13, 16
68	needle	tui		66
69	to hunt
70	to shoot	buhia		17
71	to stab, pierce	uerohia		15
72	to hit	tukituki		8
72	to hit	batua	to beat, to kill	7
73	to steal	tahai		5
74	to kill	nanati
74	to kill	batua	to beat, to kill	9
75	to die, be dead	hemo
76	to live, be alive	noho	'stay or live, as in inhabit'-MW	x
77	to scratch	rakuraku		9
78	to cut, hack	kotia		9
78	to cut, hack	tataka	to cut	3
79	stick/wood	rakau		1, 26
80	to split
81	sharp	koi		14, 66
82	dull, blunt	puruhi		18
83	to work	mahi		54
84	to plant
85	to choose
86	to grow	tipu		1, 43
87	to swell
88	to squeeze	tatau		13
89	to hold	kapokapo		15?
90	to dig	karikari		1
91	to buy	hoko		7
92	to open, uncover	huakina		8
92	to open, uncover	hamama	to yawn, to open
93	to pound, beat
94	to throw	paka
95	to fall	hika	to fall down	44
95	to fall	horo	to fall down
96	dog	kuri		7
97	bird
98	egg	hua		5
99	feather
100	wing
101	to fly	herere		11
102	rat
103	meat/flesh	puru
104	fat/grease	ihinu		12
105	tail	uairo		10
105	tail	hiku	tail of a fish	13
106	snake
107	worm (earthworm)
108	louse	kutu		1
109	mosquito	keroa		54
110	spider
111	fish	ika		1
112	rotten	popoa		14
113	branch
114	leaf	rau		1
115	root	mori
116	flower
117	fruit	hua		1
118	grass	maukuuku		58
119	earth/soil	one		35
120	stone	boatu		1, 19
121	sand	one		1
122	water	uai moli		2
123	to flow
124	sea	tai		1
125	salt	tuatara
126	lake	hapua
126	lake	uinukaha	lake or possibly umukaha - a name (Possible handwritting error in orig. source)
127	woods/forest	kaereere		16
128	sky	raki		1
129	moon	marama		7
130	star	fetu		1
131	cloud	paiao		12, 67
132	fog	kohu		1, 47
132	fog	waikohu	mist, fog (Williams 1971)	1, 47
133	rain	auha		1
134	thunder	faitiri		14
135	lightning
136	wind	hau		10
137	to blow	pupuhi	b.	6
138	warm	mahana		1, 72
138	warm	auhau	warm perhaps, cloudy
139	cold	makariri		1, 52
140	dry	maroke	a.	13
141	wet	makū		10
142	heavy	taumaha		46, 66
143	fire	ahi		1
144	to burn	uera		63
144	to burn	tahuna	to burn	8
145	smoke	au		2
145	smoke	auai	smoke	2
146	ash	bukarehu		67
147	black	puko
148	white	huka
149	red	uero		36
150	yellow
151	green	rako
152	small	iti		1
153	big	nui	large, great, strong, abundant	11
154	short	poto	a.	9
155	long	roa		12, 105
155	long	roroa	long	12, 105
156	thin	rahirahi		5
157	thick	matoru		3
158	narrow
159	wide
160	painful, sick	tupāpaku
160	painful, sick	tumatuma	sick
161	shy, ashamed	mate	shame, death, sickness, desire	x
162	old	tahito		10
163	new
164	good	pai		76
165	bad, evil	kino		9
166	correct, true	kamau		10
167	night	po		1
168	day	ao		1, 54
168	day	auatea	light, day	27
169	year	tau		1
170	when?
171	to hide	hunahuna		1, 16
172	to climb
173	at
174	in, inside
175	above
176	below
177	this	tenei		7, 1
178	that	tena		1
179	near	tatata		9
180	far	uaho
181	where?	fea		3, 35
182	I	au		1, 21
183	thou	koe		1
184	he/she	ia		1
185	we	matau		2, 39
186	you	koetou		16
187	they	ratau		1, 72
187	they	raua	them two, they two	x
188	what?	aha		1
189	who?	koai		1
190	other
191	all	katoa		13
192	and
193	if
194	how?
195	no, not	kāhore		11
195	no, not	kahai	no	10, 83
196	to count	taui		8
197	One	tetahi		41
197	One	tahi	one, together, simultaneously	41
198	Two	rua		1
199	Three	toru		1
200	Four	fa		1, 66
201	Five	rima		1
202	Six	ono		1
203	Seven	fitu		1
204	Eight	uaru		3
205	Nine	hiua		5
206	Ten	kahuru		5, 32
207	Twenty	takau		4
208	Fifty	hokotoru
209	One Hundred	hokouaru
209	One Hundred	rau	hundred	2
210	One Thousand	mano		2

© 2003-2024: Simon J. Greenhill , Robert Blust, & Russell Gray. (0.00823)

Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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