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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{glossary|reduplication|Reduplication}} (thus [[Appendix:Glossary#doublet|doublet]]) of {{m|mi|puru}} from {{inh|mi|poz-oce-pro|*pulu|t=coconut husk}} (compare with {{cog|fj|bulu}} and {{cog|haw|pulu}} "coconut husk")<ref>{{cite-book|title=Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary|first= Edward|last=Tregear|date=1891|publisher=Lyon and Blair |location=Wellington, New Zealand|page=379|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TreMaor-c1-10.html}}</ref><ref name="Biggs">{{cite-book|en|year=1994|last=Biggs|first=Bruce|author={{w|Bruce Biggs}}|chapter=New Words for a New World|page=29|title=Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change|series=Pacific Linguistics Series C|editors=A. K. Pawley; M. D. Ross|publisher={{w|Australian National University}}|seriesvolume=127|doi=10.15144/PL-C127}}</ref> from {{inh|mi|poz-pro|*bulut}}.<ref>{{R:Pollex|pulu.1a}}</ref> Sense of "plug" is a semantic extension from the lack of coconuts found naturally in New Zealand.<ref name="Biggs"/>
{{glossary|reduplication|Reduplication}} (thus [[Appendix:Glossary#doublet|doublet]]) of {{m|mi|puru}} from {{inh|mi|poz-oce-pro|*pulu|t=coconut husk}} (compare with {{cog|fj|bulu}} and {{cog|haw|pulu}} "coconut husk")<ref>{{cite-book|title=Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary|first= Edward|last=Tregear|year=1891|publisher=Lyon and Blair |location=Wellington, New Zealand|page=379|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TreMaor-c1-10.html}}</ref><ref name="Biggs">{{cite-book|en|year=1994|last=Biggs|first=Bruce|author={{w|Bruce Biggs}}|chapter=New Words for a New World|page=29|title=Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change|series=Pacific Linguistics Series C|editors=A. K. Pawley; M. D. Ross|publisher={{w|Australian National University}}|seriesvolume=127|doi=10.15144/PL-C127}}</ref> from {{inh|mi|poz-pro|*bulut}}.<ref>{{R:Pollex|pulu.1a}}</ref> Sense of "plug" is a semantic extension from the lack of coconuts found naturally in New Zealand.<ref name="Biggs"/>


===Noun===
===Noun===

Latest revision as of 12:34, 28 March 2024

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Noun

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purupuru

  1. star

References

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Maori

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Etymology

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Reduplication (thus doublet) of puru from Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu and Hawaiian pulu "coconut husk")[1][2] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulut.[3] Sense of "plug" is a semantic extension from the lack of coconuts found naturally in New Zealand.[2]

Noun

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purupuru

  1. caulk

Verb

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purupuru

  1. to stuff, to fill in
  2. to suppress
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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 379
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bruce Biggs (1994) “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley, M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, →DOI, page 29
  3. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pulu.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

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  • “purupuru” 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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