whanga
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *faŋa₃ from Proto-Oceanic *paŋa (“to gape open”); compare with Hawaiian hono (“harbor”), Tahitian faʻa (“valley”), Tongan fanga, and Samoan faga (“bay”)[1][2][3]
Noun edit
whanga
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 610
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faga.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 47