whao
Maori edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *faqo (compare with Hawaiian hao (“iron, horn”), Tahitian fao (“tip, scissors”), Tuamotuan pao),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *paqot (compare with Fijian ivako (“nail”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”) (compare with Malay pahat, Tagalog paet)[2]
Noun edit
whao
Verb edit
whao (a, -whia)
- to chisel out
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *fao,[1] from Proto-Oceanic *pasok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasək, from Proto-Austronesian *pasək (“wooden nail; to drive in”).[3]
Verb edit
whao (hia, -na, -ngia, -ria, -whia, -whina)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 611
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faqo.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faqo.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online