HE KUPU TĀPIRI
I a te Taura Whiri e mahi ana i nga kupu putaiao Maori, he penei te tikanga mO nga 'metals'. I whiriwhirihia tuatahitia ko te kupu Maori mo te 'metal'. Ko ta Te Taura Whiri i whakatau ai, ko 'konga-a-nuku'. I whakakorea te 'a' kia poto ai te kupu, otira he marama tonu. Katahi ka huri ki nga momo konganuku. I whakatauria me whakapoto tonu te kupu putake, ara te 'konganuku', ka tapiri atu ai he kupu ahua e hangai ana ki tena konganuku, ki tena konganuku. Te mutunga ake o nga whiriwhiringa, ka whakakorea te 'nga' o te 'konga' mete 'ku' ote 'nuku', ka mau tonu ki te 'konu' hei putake mo nga momo konganuku katoa. Katahi ka tapirihia atu nga kupu ahua kia tino hangai te kupu Maori hou kite tikanga o tekupu Pakeha. Na reira ko te whakamaoritanga o te 'aluminium' he 'konumohe', o te 'mercury' he 'konuoi', o te 'potassium' he 'konurehu'.
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Muka, Volume 4, Issue 3, 1 September 1991, Page 7
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159HE KUPU TĀPIRI Muka, Volume 4, Issue 3, 1 September 1991, Page 7
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