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Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fata (compare with Tahitian fata “altar of a marae”, Tongan fata, Samoan fata),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *pataʀ (compare with Fijian vata) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pataʀ (compare with Iban pantar “outer longhouse verandah”, Malay pelantar “platform”).[2][3]
Noun
whata
- shelf
Verb
whata (passive whatahia or whataa)
- to shelve something, to put something on a shelf
- to be laid on some surface
- to suspend freely
- to elevate, to support
- to make prominent
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 614-5
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fata.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 57
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “whata”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 576
- “whata” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.