upoko

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu-poko (compare with Tahitian poʻo and Hawaiian poʻo)[1][2] suffixed from *qulu (thus doublet of uru, see there for more details)

Noun

upoko

  1. head
    Synonym: uru
  2. paragraph
  3. heading
  4. chapter
  5. headline

Derived terms

  • pōkokohua (“a strong term of contempt”)
  • rārangi upoko (“contents, list of chapters”)
  • Te Upoko-o-te-ika-a-Māui (“head of the fish of Māui, Wellington”)
  • upoko koura (“crayfish head”)
  • upoko mārō (“headstrong; a headstrong person; a bigot”)
  • upokotaua (“head-high tackle; coup d'etat”)

Verb

upoko (passive upokohia or upokotia)

  1. to meet and discuss
  2. to consider or deliberate

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 577
  2. ^ Wilson, William H. (December 2012) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎[2], volume 51, number 2, pages 306-7

Further reading

  • “upoko” 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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