kupenga
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *kupeŋa (compare with Hawaiian ʻupena, Tahitian ʻupeʻa, Samoan ʻupega).[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]kupenga
References
[edit]- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 184
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kupega”, 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 213
Further reading
[edit]- “kupenga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Swahili
[edit]Verb
[edit]kupenga (verbal noun of the ku class)
- infinitive of -penga