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Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *faŋa₃ from Proto-Oceanic *paŋa (“to gape open”); compare with Hawaiian hono (“harbor”), Tahitian faʻa (“valley”), Tongan fanga, and Samoan faga (“bay”)[1][2][3]
Noun
whanga
- bay, gulf
- stretch of water
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 610
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faga.2”, 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 47
Further reading
- “whanga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.