wharo
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *faro (compare with Tahitian faro “to scoop, to lade”),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *paros “to scrape” (compare with Fijian varo “file, rasp”).[2][3] Doublet of haro.
Verb
[edit]wharo
- to scrape
- to scold
- to abuse
- to clear one's throat, to expectorate, to hawk
Noun
[edit]wharo
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 614
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faro.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 165
Further reading
[edit]- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “wharo, whawharo, wharowharo”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 576
- “wharo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.