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Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *makalili (compare with Tahitian maʻariri, Samoan maʻalili)[1] from to Proto-Oceanic *makaridriŋ affixing *ridriŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diŋin (compare with Tetum malirin, Malay dingin).[2][3]
Verb
makariri
- (stative) cold
Adjective
makariri
- cold
Noun
makariri
- cold, coldness
- winter
- frost
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 198
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maka-lili”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 225
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “makariri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 196
- “makariri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.