ngākau

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋaakau; compare with Hawaiian naʻau (“intestines, mind”), Tahitian ʻāʻau (“bowels, heart, conscience, soul”), Tongan ngākau (“intestines”) and Samoan gāʻau (“entrails, penis”).[1][2]

Noun

ngākau

  1. heart, mind, soul
  2. (archaic) intestines, bowels

Derived terms

  • ngākau aroha (“kind-hearted”)
  • ngākau hihiko (“lively”)
  • ngākau kore (“unenthusiastic”)
  • ngākau pāpaku (“shallow-minded”)
  • ngākau pono (“loyal”)
  • ngākau pōuri (“heavy-hearted”)
  • ngākau rorotu (“optimistic”)
  • ngākau tapatahi (“impartial”)
  • ngākau titikaha (“steadfast”)
  • ngākau whakapuke (“enthusiastic”)
  • ngākau whiwhita (“eager”)
  • whakangākau (“show affection”)

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 275-6
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “gaakau”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • “ngākau” 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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