Language: Maori

Source/Author:	Bruce Biggs
Identifiers:	ISO-639-3:mri Glottocode: maor1246
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Data Entry:	Typed By: Simon Greenhill Checked By: Simon Greenhill
Statistics:	Total Data: 230 Number of Retentions: Proto Malayo-Polynesian:81 Proto-Oceanic:117 Number of Loans: 5
Classification:	Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:East:Central:Tahitic
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Changed "source" from "@misc{Biggs-85-2005, author = "Bruce Biggs", date = "2005", howpublished = "personal communication" }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:58:16)
Changed #24004 from "ngira", "(Eng.)", "", "L" (Word 24004) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:58:16)
Changed #89855 from "heeki", "heeki (Eng.)", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:58:16)
Changed #37570 from "naakahi", "Hebrew", "", "L" (Word 37570) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:58:16)
Changed #41854 from "karaaihe", "Eng.", "56", "L" (Word 41854) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:58:16)
Changed #44353 from "tote", "Eng.", "20?", "L" (Word 44353) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:58:16)
Added Entry (Word 11) - Simon Greenhill (2011-02-02 23:53:50)
Changed from "oneone" (Word 119) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-08 01:47:14)
Source: POLLEX (Word 119) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-07 02:24:48)
Source: POLLEX (Word 119) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-07 02:22:48)
Changed from "naakahi" (Word 106) - Simon Greenhill (2008-01-31 04:58:27)
Changed from "wawaahi", Source: Ross Clark (Word 80) - Simon Greenhill (2008-01-31 04:57:45)
Changed from "maa|kau", Source: Ross Clark (Word 79) - Simon Greenhill (2008-01-31 04:57:20)
Changed from "nagu", Source: Ross Clark (Word 41) - Simon Greenhill (2008-01-31 04:57:05)
Changed from "whea?", source: Peter J Keegan (Word 181) - Simon Greenhill (2007-02-24 01:12:16)
Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2007-02-02 12:13:03)
Source: Peter Keegan (Word 208) - Simon Greenhill (2006-10-26 11:22:25)
Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-08-11 12:39:58)
Changed from "whaine", source: John Archer (Word 58) - Simon Greenhill (2006-05-19 11:48:46)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
170	when?	aahea	aahea (future)	5
188	what?	aha		1
143	fire	ahi		1
168	day	ao	(not night)	1, 54
6	road/path	ara		1
32	tongue	arero		15
17	liver	ate		1
190	other	atu	atu (Particle)	19
182	I	au		1, 21
145	smoke	au\|ahi		2
47	to yawn	haamama(mama)		19, 28
7	to come	haere mai		1, 42
5	to walk	haere-a-waewae		6
154	short	hakahaka	hakahaka (height)	10
206	Ten	hangahuru	Ten (archaic) (Bgs), Ten (Best).(Source: Pollex)	5
136	wind	hau		10
98	egg	heeki	L from English		L
173	at	hei
66	to tie up, fasten	herehere		43
192	and	hoki	'also'?-MW
91	to buy	hoko		7
29	to sniff, smell	hongi		9
163	new	hoou		1
117	fruit	hua		1
137	to blow	hua
98	egg	hua manu	hua manu (arch.)	5
92	to open, uncover	huaki	(<M)	8
171	to hide	huna		1, 16
8	to turn	huri		15
99	feather	huru-manu		1
173	at	i		1
176	below	i raro		8
174	in, inside	i roto		5
175	above	i runga		9
184	he/she	ia		1
27	nose	ihu		1
111	fish	ika		1
63	name	ingoa		6
40	to drink	inu		1
152	small	iti		1
205	Nine	iwa	Nine.(Source: Pollex)	5, 44
15	bone	iwi		52, 5
195	no, not	kaahore		11
151	green	kaakaariki
37	to eat	kai		1, 47
131	cloud	kapua		67
118	grass	karaaihe	L from English	56	L
33	to laugh	kata		7
3	right	katau		5, 40
38	to chew	katikati
191	all	katoa		13
9	to swim	kauhoe		5
173	at	kei		5
119	earth/soil	kere-	Earth (in compounds only).	10
90	to dig	keri		1
103	meat/flesh	kiko		10
165	bad, evil	kino		9
102	rat	kiore		12
12	skin	kiri		1
46	to see	kite		1
183	thou	koe		1
132	fog	kohu		1, 47
81	sharp	koi(koi)		14, 66
64	to say	koorero		11
186	you	koorua		x
150	yellow	koowhai
120	stone	koowhatu		1, 39
88	to squeeze	kotee		47
186	you	koutou		16
96	dog	kurii		7
108	louse	kutu		1
148	white	maa
141	wet	maakuu		10
185	we	maatou		2, 39
185	we	maaua		2, 29
160	painful, sick	maauiui		1, 12
138	warm	mahana		1, 72
83	to work	mahi		54
139	cold	makariri		1, 52
26	hair	makawe
95	to fall	makere		10
113	branch	manga		2, 35
147	black	mangu
210	One Thousand	mano	Thousand, multitude.(Source: Pollex)	2
97	bird	manu		1
129	moon	marama		7
140	dry	maroke		13
45	eye	mata		1
22	to fear	mataku		1
3	right	matau		5, 13
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
157	thick	matotoru		3
60	father	matua		9
2	left	mauii		1, 59
192	and	me		2, 46
193	if	me (hemea)		5
124	sea	moana		10
48	to sleep	moe		10, 109
50	to dream	moemoeaa		7, 27
20	to know, be knowledgeable	moohio		52
106	snake	naakahi	L from Hebrew		L
127	woods/forest	ngahere		16
206	Ten	ngahuru	Ten (archaic) (Bgs), Ten (Best).(Source: Pollex)	5, 32
104	fat/grease	ngako		14
41	to bite	ngau		7
68	needle	ngira	L from English		L
42	to suck	ngote		9
31	tooth	niho		1
51	to sit	noho		16
107	worm (earthworm)	noke		7
153	big	nui		11
71	to stab, pierce	oka		67
121	sand	one		1
119	earth/soil	oneone	Sand? (POc *qone)	35
202	Six	ono	Six. (Source: Pollex)	1
76	to live, be alive	ora		6
164	good	pai		76
162	old	pakeke
19	shoulder	pakihiwi		8
115	root	paki\|aka		2
94	to throw	panga
100	wing	parirau		9
10	dirty	paru		7
72	to hit	patu		7
74	to kill	patu		9
194	how?	peehea		11
172	to climb	piki		6
112	rotten	pirau		15
167	night	poo		1
154	short	poto	poto (length)	9
116	flower	puaawai		1
11	dust	puehu		1, 74
14	belly	puku
87	to swell	puku		24
110	spider	pungaawerewere		1, 57, 99
146	ash	pungarehu		67, 60
137	to blow	pupuhi		6
89	to hold	pupuri
82	dull, blunt	puuhuki		18
11	dust	pu\|ehu		1, 74
168	day	raa	(period)	7
187	they	raatou		1, 72
187	they	raaua	dual	x
79	stick/wood	raa\|kau		1, 26
156	thin	rahirahi		5
77	to scratch	rakuraku	(<M)	9
128	sky	rangi		1
114	leaf	rau		1
209	One Hundred	rau	A large number, hundred.(Source: Pollex)	2
62	thatch/roof	raurau		55
119	earth/soil	repo	Dirt	11
101	to fly	rere		11
201	Five	rima	Five.(Source: Pollex)	1
208	Fifty	rima tekau
1	hand	ringa(ringa)	irregular medial C (see Pollex)	1, 64, 34
155	long	roa		12, 105
44	to hear	rongo		1
126	lake	roto		6
198	Two	rua		1
207	Twenty	rua tekau	Twenty (obs.), ten (mod) (Bgs).(Source: Pollex)	3, 4
35	to vomit	ruaki		8, 31
78	to cut, hack	taa		1
73	to steal	taahae		5
54	man/male	taane		1, 11
57	husband	taane		14
185	we	taatou	1 pl. incl.	1, 39
185	we	taaua	1 dual incl.	1, 29
197	One	tahi		41
144	to burn	tahu		8
124	sea	tai		1
142	heavy	taimaha		46, 66
49	to lie down	takoto		7, 10
56	child	tamaiti		6, 64
53	person/human being	tangata		1, 66, 97
34	to cry	tangi		1
39	to cook	tao		10
43	ear	taringa		1
179	near	tata		9
196	to count	tatau		8, 80
169	year	tau		1
65	rope	taura		9
180	far	tawhiti
178	that	teenaa		1
177	this	teenei		7, 1
178	that	teeraa		65
206	Ten	tekau		30
123	to flow	tere		10
166	correct, true	tika		9
84	to plant	too		4
199	Three	toru		1
125	salt	tote	L from English		L
23	blood	toto		4
13	back	tuaraa		11, 113
36	to spit	tuha		120
67	to sew	tui		13, 16
93	to pound, beat	tuki		2
86	to grow	tupu		1
52	to stand	tuu		2
25	neck	ua		18
133	rain	ua		1
135	lightning	uira		2
24	head	upoko		10
18	breast	uu		1
80	to split	waawaahi		4
109	mosquito	waeroa		54
4	leg/foot	waewae	Correction via Peter Keegan	1, 100
30	mouth	waha		1, 8
55	woman/female	wahine		1, 106, 116
58	wife	wahine		5, 68
122	water	wai		2
189	who?	wai	cf M-F	1, 19
204	Eight	waru		3
200	Four	whaa		1, 66
158	narrow	whaaiti		84
159	wide	whaanui
59	mother	whaea		6
69	to hunt	whaiwhai		6
21	to think	whakaaro
28	to breathe	whakataa
161	shy, ashamed	whaka\|maa		1
70	to shoot	whana		1
61	house	whare		14
134	thunder	whatitiri		14
181	where?	whea		3, 35
16	intestines	wheekau		12
149	red	whero		36
130	star	whetuu		1
105	tail	whiore		10
85	to choose	whiri		1
203	Seven	whitu	Seven.(Source: Pollex)	1

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