whao

Maori

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɸa.o/, [fɐ.ɔ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *faqo (compare with Hawaiian hao (“iron, horn”), Tahitian fao (“tip, scissors”), Tuamotuan pao),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *paqot (compare with Fijian ivako (“nail”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”) (compare with Malay pahat, Tagalog paet)[2][3]

Noun

whao

  1. chisel
    1. any iron tool
  2. nail (metal fastener)

Verb

whao (a, -whia)

  1. to chisel out

Derived terms

  • whaowhao

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 611
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faqo.1a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 59

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *fao,[1] from Proto-Oceanic *pasok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasək, from Proto-Austronesian *pasək (“wooden nail; to drive in”).[2]

Verb

whao (hia, -na, -ngia, -ria, -whia, -whina)

  1. to go into; to enter
  2. to put into; to fill

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 611
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faqo.1b”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • “whao” 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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