tekau
Maori
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Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *te-kau (compare with Hawaiian kaʻau (“forty”), Tahitian taʻau (“twenty”) and Tongan tekau)[1][2] from Proto-Polynesian *kau₂ (“group”)[1] (see Hawaiian ʻau, Tahitian ʻau, Samoan ʻau (“group, bunch, shoal, school”) and Tongan kau (“bunch”)).[3]
Derived terms
- tekau mā tahi (11, previously 21)
- tekau mā rua (12, previously 22)
- tekau mā toru (13, previously 23)
- tekau mā whā (14, previously 24)
- tekau mā rima (15, previously 25)
- tekau mā ono (16, previously 26)
- tekau mā whitu (17, previously 27)
- tekau mā waru (18, previously 28)
- tekau mā iwa (19, previously 29)
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “te-kau”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 503-4
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kau.2b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Further reading
- “tekau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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