whero
Maori
editEtymology
editDerived from Proto-Polynesian *felo (“yellow, tawny”) (compare with Hawaiian helo, Tongan felo and felofelo)[1][2][3]
Noun
editwhero
Adjective
editwhero
Verb
editwhero
- to redden
Related terms
editSee also
edit| mā, tea | kiwikiwi | pango |
| whero, kura | karaka; parauri | kōwhai, renga |
| kākāriki | kārikiuri | |
| kikorangi | kahurangi | |
| tūāuri | waiporoporo | māwhero |
References
edit- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 622
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “felo.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Branstetter, Katherine B. (1977 January) “A Reconstruction of Proto-Polynesian Color Terminology”, in Anthropological Linguistics[2], volume 19, number 1, page 21