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tatau

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Maori

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *tatau₃ – compare with Rarotongan tatau, Samoan tatau, Tongan tatau.[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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tatau

  1. to squeeze or wring out liquid
    Synonym: takawiri

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 484-8
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tatau.3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *tau₃ (compare with Tahitian tatau) – could also be partial reduplication of tau (compare with Samoan tau “to count”).[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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tatau (passive tatauria or tatauhia or tataungia)

  1. to count, to tally

Noun

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tatau

  1. number, tally
  2. count, score

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 484-8
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tau.3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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tatau

  1. to draw, to slide
    Synonyms: tō, kume
    1. to shut a door

Noun

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tatau

  1. door

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tatau”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 462-4
  • “tatau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rarotongan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *tatau₃.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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tatau

  1. to wring out (of a wet cloth, coconut meat)

Noun

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tatau

  1. special strainer from bundles of coconut fibre used to wring out milk from coconut meat

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tatau.3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Samoan

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *tatau₁ from Proto-Oceanic *sau₃ “flying fox wingbone”.

Noun

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tatau

  1. tattoo

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *tatau₃.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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tatau

  1. to wring out (of a wet cloth, kava, coconut milk)
  2. to squeeze out juice from fruit

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tatau.3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Tongan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *tatau₃[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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tatau

  1. to squeeze or wring out liquid (juice from fruit, coconut milk)

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tatau.3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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