tokerau

Maori

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”).

No words for the cardinal directions can be unambiguously reconstructed for Proto-Polynesian, as there would be little use for them on the small Polynesian islands. However, on the much larger North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu) of New Zealand, the usefulness of such terminology led the Māori to adopt this word for "north".[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /to.ke.ra.u/, [tɔ.kɛ.ɾɐ.ʉ]

Noun

tokerau

north[2]
autumn[2]

References

Bruce Biggs (1994), “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley; M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, DOI:10.15144/PL-C127, page 26.
“tokerau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”).

Noun

tokerau

wind

[1] Bruce Biggs (1994), “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley; M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, DOI:10.15144/PL-C127, page 26.

[Te_Aka-2] “tokerau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

单词	tokerau
释义	tokerau Maori Etymology Inherited from Proto-Polynesian tokelau (“northwesterly”). No words for the cardinal directions can be unambiguously reconstructed for Proto-Polynesian, as there would be little use for them on the small Polynesian islands. However, on the much larger North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu) of New Zealand, the usefulness of such terminology led the Māori to adopt this word for "north".[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): /to.ke.ra.u/, [tɔ.kɛ.ɾɐ.ʉ] Noun tokerau* north[2] autumn[2] References Bruce Biggs (1994), “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley; M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, DOI:10.15144/PL-C127, page 26. “tokerau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. Rapa Nui Etymology Inherited from Proto-Polynesian tokelau (“northwesterly”). Noun tokerau* wind
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