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==Description==
==Description==
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.




==Word List(s)==
==Word List(s)==
Days of the week and Months in Māori<br>
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{| style="border: 1px solid black; width: 275px;Float:left " |
|-
| colspan="4" style="border: 1px solid black;  text-align:center" | '''Days of the Week'''
|-
! style="border: 1px solid black; width: 75px" |Day
! style="border: 1px solid black; width: 125px"|Adaptation
! style="border: 1px solid black; width: 75px" |Official
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Monday
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Mane
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Rāhina
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black" |Tuesday
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Tūrei
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Rātū
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Wednesday
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Wenerei
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Rāapa
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Thursday
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Tāite
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Rāpare
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Friday
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Paraire
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Rāmere
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black" |Saturday
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Rāhoroi/Hāterei
| style="border: 1px solid black" | Rāhoroi
|-
|style="border: 1px solid black" | Sunday
|style="border: 1px solid black" | Rātapu/Wiki
|style="border: 1px solid black" | Rātap
|}
</div>
<div style="padding-left:400px; ">
{| style="border: 1px solid black;  float:center;"
|-
| colspan="4" style="border: 1px solid black; text-align:center" |'''Months of the Year'''
|-
! style="border: 1px solid black; width:50px "| Month
! style="border: 1px solid black; width:75px "| Adaptation
! style="border: 1px solid black; width:130px "| Official
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| January
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Hānuere
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Kohi-tātea
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| February
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Pēpuere
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Hui-tanguru
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| March
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Māehe
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Poutū-te-rangi
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| April
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Āperira
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Paenga-whāwhā
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| May
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Mei
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Haratua
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| June
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Hune
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Pipiri
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| July
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Hūrae
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Hōngongoi
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| August
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Ākuhata
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Here-turi-kōkā
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| style="border: 1px solid black"| September
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Hepetema
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Mahuru
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| style="border: 1px solid black"| October
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Oketopa
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Whiringa-ā-nuku
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| style="border: 1px solid black"| November
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Noema
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Whiringa-ā-rangi
|-
| style="border: 1px solid black"| December
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Tīhema
| style="border: 1px solid black"| Hakihea
|}
</div><br>
Words for family members and other relatives in Māori (Te Reo Māori), a Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand
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<div style="padding-right:18px">
{| style="border:1px solid black; float:left"
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black; text-align:center" |'''Māori (Te Reo Māori) Language'''
|-
| style="border:1px solid black; width: 35px"|'''English Meaning'''
| style="border:1px solid black; width: 100px"|''Māori (Te Reo Māori) Meaning''
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|family
| style="border:1px solid black"|
*whāmere (family, household)
*whānau (extended family)
*ngare (family, kin, blood relatives, relations)
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|parents
| style="border:1px solid black"|mātua, (sg. matua)
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|father
| style="border:1px solid black"|matua, matua tāne, pāpara
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|mother
| style="border:1px solid black"|kowhaea, kōkā, māmā, whaea, whaene
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|child(ren)
| style="border:1px solid black"|taitamaiti, tamaiti
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|son
| style="border:1px solid black"|tama
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|daughter
| style="border:1px solid black"|tamāhine, tamawahine
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|husband
| style="border:1px solid black"|hoa tāne, tāne, tahu, tau
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|wife
| style="border:1px solid black"|wahine
|-
|  style="border:1px solid black"|sibling
|  style="border:1px solid black"|hāmua (older)
|-
|  style="border:1px solid black"|brother
|  style="border:1px solid black"|
*kauaemua (older/eldest brother/sister)
*teina, taina (older brother of a male)
*taina (younger brother of a male)
*tungāne (brother of a female)
*parata
|-
|  style="border:1px solid black"|sister
|* style="border:1px solid black"|
*kauaemua (older/eldest brother/sister)
*tuākana (older sister of a female)
*teina, taina (younger sister of a female)
*kaikuahine (sister of a male)
|}
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<div style="padding-right:18px">
{| style="border:1px solid black; float:right; width:350px"
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black; text-align:center" |'''Māori (Te Reo Māori) Language'''
|-
| style="border:1px solid black; width: 50px"|'''English Meaning'''
| style="border:1px solid black; width: 100px"|''Māori (Te Reo Māori) Meaning''
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|uncle
| style="border:1px solid black"|matua, matua tāne, matakēkē
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|aunt
| style="border:1px solid black"|whaea, whaene, kōkā, matakēkē
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|cousin
| style="border:1px solid black"|
* kaihana, parata
* tuahine (female cousin of a male)
* tungāne (male cousin of a female)
* epeepe, matamatahuānga (distant cousin/relative)
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|nephew
| style="border:1px solid black"|tama, irāmutu, tamaiti whakaangi
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"| niece
| style="border:1px solid black"|irāmutu, tamaiti whakaangi
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|grandparents
| style="border:1px solid black"|tīpuna, tūpuna
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"| grandfather
| style="border:1px solid black"|tupuna tāne, tipuna tāne
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|grandmother
| style="border:1px solid black"|tipuna wahine, tupuna wahine, tāua
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|grandchild
| style="border:1px solid black"|mokopuna, moko
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|
*father-in-law
*mother-in-law
| style="border:1px solid black"| hūngoi, hungawai, hungarei
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|
*son-in-law
*daughter-in-law
| style="border:1px solid black"|hinaonga, hunōnga
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|foster father
| style="border:1px solid black"|matua whangai
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|foster mother
| style="border:1px solid black"|whaea whāngai
|-
| style="border:1px solid black"|
*step-father
*step-mother
| style="border:1px solid black"|matakēkē
|}
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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.


Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

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 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





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