kumete

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kumete (“bowl, mortar” — compare with Hawaiian ʻumeke, Tahitian ʻumete and Samoan 'umete)[1][2][3]

Noun

kumete

  1. bowl
    Synonym: oko

Usage notes

A kumete is described as larger in volume than a oko, but both are similar in designcompared to the kōhua.[4]

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 183
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kumete”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 73
  4. ^ 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

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kumete”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 182
  • “kumete” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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