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Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *faanako (compare with Tahitian fānaʻo “chance, to have a chance”), from Proto-Oceanic *panako from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panakaw affixed from *takaw (compare with Tagalog takaw “eager, greed, gluttony” and nakaw “stealing”)[1][2]
Verb
whānako
- to steal
Adjective
whānako
- thieving
Noun
whānako
- theft, steal
- thief
See also
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faanako”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2023) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 6: People & society, Canberra: Australian National University, pages 423-5
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “whānako”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 572
- “whānako” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.