maihao

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *mata-qi-kao lit. 'point of growth' (compare with Hawaiian maiʻao “nail, claw, hoof”)[1] also related to Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *mati-kao.[2] See also matihao and hao.

Noun

maihao

  1. finger
    Synonyms: matihao, maikara, kōroa, mati, matimati

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 195
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maqi-kao”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “maihao”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 194
  • “maihao” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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