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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kuri"
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kuli (compare with Samoan ulī, Tongan kulī, Tahitian ʻurī and ʻūrī, Rarotongan kurī, Tuamotuan kurio and kuri, Hawaiian ʻīlio)[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *kuli (compare with Fijian koli[2]).
Noun
[edit]kurī
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kurī” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Rapa Nui
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From From Proto-Polynesian *kuli (“dog”). Rapa Nui is the only Polynesian Language that shows a semantic shift from dog to cat.
Noun
[edit]kurī
References
[edit]- “kurí” in Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, Diccionario etimológico rapanui-español (2000).
- Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia. Diccionario de la lengua Rapa Nui. He Puka Rara Rauhuru Vānaŋa Rapa Nui (2022)
Rarotongan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kuli (compare with Maori kurī, Samoan ulī, Tongan kulī, Tahitian ʻurī and ʻūrī, Tuamotuan kurio and kuri, Hawaiian ʻīlio) from Proto-Oceanic *kuli (compare with Fijian koli).
Noun
[edit]kurī
References
[edit]“kurī” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.
Categories:
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- mi:Canids
- Rapa Nui lemmas
- Rapa Nui nouns
- Rarotongan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Rarotongan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Rarotongan lemmas
- Rarotongan nouns
- rar:Canids