Etymology
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From Proto-Polynesian *taafiri (compare with Tahitian tāhiri and tāhirihiri “fan”, Hawaiian kāhili “ceremonial staff or regalia”).[1][2] Doublet of tāhiri.
tāwhiri
- welcoming, a welcome
tāwhiri
- to wave
- to whirl
- to beckon, to welcome
- to fan (esp. of flames)
- Synonyms: kōwhiuwhiu, kōheuheu, pōwaiwai
- to wring out
Related terms
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References
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- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 499
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “taa-firi”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Further reading
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- “tāwhiri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
