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==Description==
==Description==
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'''Pukapukan and Samoan'''
'''Pukapukan and Samoan'''
*[https://www.samoa.travel/travel-info/language/ Samoan Language at Samoa.Travel]
*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/samoan.php Useful Phrases in Samoan at Omniglot]
*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/samoan.php Useful Phrases in Samoan at Omniglot]


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*[https://www.omniglot.com/writing/maori.htm Māori Language Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot]
*[https://www.omniglot.com/writing/maori.htm Māori Language Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands_M%C4%81ori#Writing_system_and_pronunciation Māori Language Alphabet and Pronunciation at Wikipedia]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands_M%C4%81ori#Writing_system_and_pronunciation Māori Language Alphabet and Pronunciation at Wikipedia]  
*Table from [[New Zealand Languages|New Zealand Languages]]
*Table from [[New Zealand Language Page|New Zealand Language Page]]


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*[https://en.glosbe.com/en/mi English - Māori Dictionary at Glosbe]
*[https://en.glosbe.com/en/mi English - Māori Dictionary at Glosbe]
*[https://www.lexilogos.com/english/maori_dictionary.htm Māori Dictionary at Lexilogos]
*[https://www.lexilogos.com/english/maori_dictionary.htm Māori Dictionary at Lexilogos]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=kguwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT365&lpg=PT365&dq=pukapukan+word+list&source=bl&ots=KKZWcABaqy&sig=ACfU3U3MAzdKWnJaB2FpRoJCoO5jMj-dyQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpvvu3_JLxAhXIVc0KHeT5BxEQ6AEwBnoECAgQAw#v=onepage&q=pukapukan%20word%20list&f=false The Raupo Dictionary of Modern Māori]


'''Pukapukan and Samoan'''
'''Pukapukan and Samoan'''
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==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/20705479 East Polynesian Borrowings in Pukapukan]
*[http://www.cookislands.org.uk/language.html#.YMUf6_lKiM8 Language of the Islands at CookIslands]
*[http://www.cookislands.org.uk/language.html#.YMUf6_lKiM8 Language of the Islands at CookIslands]
*[https://www.maorilanguage.net/maori-made-easy/ Māori Made Easy at MaoriLanguage]
*[https://www.maorilanguage.net/maori-made-easy/ Māori Made Easy at MaoriLanguage]
*[https://www.maorilanguage.net/speak-maori/ Speak Māori at MaoriLanguage]
*[https://www.maorilanguage.net/speak-maori/ Speak Māori at MaoriLanguage]


==References==
==References==


[[Category:Cook Islands]]
[[Category:Cook Islands]]

Revision as of 13:49, 26 April 2022

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Description[edit | edit source]

The official languages of the Cook Islands include English and Cook Islands Māori (or "Rarotongan"). Cook Islands Maori and its dialectic variants are closely related to both Tahitian and to New Zealand Māori. The language of Pukapukan is also spoken and is closely related to the Samoan language. [1] It is the language spoken on the Island of Pukapuka located in the northern section of the Cook Islands. [2]

Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

Māori

Days of the week and Months in Māori

Days of the Week
Day Adaptation Official
Monday Mane Rāhina
Tuesday Tūrei Rātū
Wednesday Wenerei Rāapa
Thursday Tāite Rāpare
Friday Paraire Rāmere
Saturday Rāhoroi/Hāterei Rāhoroi
Sunday Rātapu/Wiki Rātap
Months of the Year
Month Adaptation Official
January Hānuere Kohi-tātea
February Pēpuere Hui-tanguru
March Māehe Poutū-te-rangi
April Āperira Paenga-whāwhā
May Mei Haratua
June Hune Pipiri
July Hūrae Hōngongoi
August Ākuhata Here-turi-kōkā
September Hepetema Mahuru
October Oketopa Whiringa-ā-nuku
November Noema Whiringa-ā-rangi
December Tīhema Hakihea




Words for family members and other relatives in Māori (Te Reo Māori), a Polynesian language spoken in the Cook Islands and New Zealand

Māori (Te Reo Māori) Language
English Meaning Māori (Te Reo Māori) Meaning
family
  • whāmere (family, household)
  • whānau (extended family)
  • ngare (family, kin, blood relatives, relations)
parents mātua, (sg. matua)
father matua, matua tāne, pāpara
mother kowhaea, kōkā, māmā, whaea, whaene
child(ren) taitamaiti, tamaiti
son tama
daughter tamāhine, tamawahine
husband hoa tāne, tāne, tahu, tau
wife wahine
sibling hāmua (older)
brother
  • kauaemua (older/eldest brother/sister)
  • teina, taina (older brother of a male)
  • taina (younger brother of a male)
  • tungāne (brother of a female)
  • parata
sister
  • kauaemua (older/eldest brother/sister)
  • tuākana (older sister of a female)
  • teina, taina (younger sister of a female)
  • kaikuahine (sister of a male)
Māori (Te Reo Māori) Language
English Meaning Māori (Te Reo Māori) Meaning
uncle matua, matua tāne, matakēkē
aunt whaea, whaene, kōkā, matakēkē
cousin
  • kaihana, parata
  • tuahine (female cousin of a male)
  • tungāne (male cousin of a female)
  • epeepe, matamatahuānga (distant cousin/relative)
nephew tama, irāmutu, tamaiti whakaangi
niece irāmutu, tamaiti whakaangi
grandparents tīpuna, tūpuna
grandfather tupuna tāne, tipuna tāne
grandmother tipuna wahine, tupuna wahine, tāua
grandchild mokopuna, moko
  • father-in-law
  • mother-in-law
 hūngoi, hungawai, hungarei
  • son-in-law
  • daughter-in-law
 hinaonga, hunōnga
foster father matua whangai
foster mother whaea whāngai
  • step-father
  • step-mother
 matakēkē




Pukapukan and Samoan

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Māori

A a Ā ā E e Ē ē H h I i Ī ī K k M m
a ā e ē ha i ī ka ma
[a/ʌ] [aː/ʌ:] [e] [eː] [h/ç] [i] [iː] [k(ʰ)] [m]
N n Ng ng O o Ō ō P p R r T t U u Ū ū
na nga o ō pa ra ta u ū
[n] [ŋ] [o] [oː] [p(ʰ)] [ɾ] [t(ʰ)] [ʊ/u] [ʊ:/u:]
W w Wh wh
wa wha
[w] [ɸ/f/w]

Diphthongs: meaning a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another

ua ūa ue ui ūi uo oa oe oi
[ua̯] [uːa̯] [ue̯/u̯e] [ui̯/u̯i] [u:i̯] [uo̯ /u̯o] [oa̯] [oe̯] [oi̯]
ōi ou ōu ia īa ie ae āe ai
[o:i̯] [ou̯] [o:u̯] [ia̯] [i:a̯] [ie̯/i̯e] [ae̯] [aːe̯] [ai̯]
ao āo au āu ea ei ēi eo eu
[ao̯] [aːo̯] [aʊ̯] [a:ʊ̯] [ea̯] [ei̯] [e:i̯] [eo̯] [eʊ̯]
iu io īo
[iu̯] [io̯] [iːo̯]

Pukapukan and Samoan

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Māori

Pukapukan and Samoan

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]


References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages in the Cook Islands," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands#Language, accessed 9 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pukapukan Language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukapukan_language, accessed 12 June 2021.
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