kumete
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kumete (“bowl, mortar” — compare with Hawaiian ʻumeke, Tahitian ʻumete and Samoan 'umete)[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]kumete
Usage notes
[edit]A kumete is described as larger in volume than a oko, but both are similar in deisgn compared to the kōhua.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 183
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kumete”, 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 73
- ^ Graham, Geo., Hongi, Hare, Large, J. T. (1923) “Notes and Queries”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society[2], volume 32, number 1(125), →ISSN, pages 47–50