NGĀ TAE

Muka, Volume 5, Issue 3, 1 June 1992, Page 5

NGĀ TAE

Ahakoa nui nga kupu Maori tuturu mo nga tae, i etahi wa kaore e taea te wehe mai tetahi i tetahi. Hei whakatauira, ata whakaarohia te kupu paka - he momo kura, he momo haura ranei? Mena he momo kura, he kura pehea - he kura tea, he kura uri ranei?

He mate ano to te kupu kahurangi. Ko tenei kupu (mete kupu kikorangi) e whakamahia whanuitia ana mo nga momo "kahurangi" katoa. He penei ano hoki te mate o te kupu kakariki.

Na runga i tenei i ata whiriwhirihia ai nga kupu Pakeha e whai ake nei kua roa e taupatupatu ana. (Kia mohio ai koutou, ehara i a te Taura Whiri ano te whakaaro kia whakamaoritia enei kupu; na te Puna Matauranga ke te tono.

basic red - kura ; - dark red - kurauri ; r light red •/ y..; - kuratea . - > pink : ; , V; - mawhero . . pale pink ~ ,f/ K mawherotea . red-brown - ura irr scarlet - hiwcra orange-red - whero orange - karaka ■ ££ dark orange - pakaka pale orange/fawn - karakakaho basic brght yellow - , kowhai - r - (mai i te raukowhai) golden yellow - pingao . (mai i te rau plngao) brownish yellow - haurakaho red-brown ' ;> - ura olive ’ - karikihaura basic brown - haura pale brown - hauratea dark brown - parauri blackish brown 1 - haurapango browny-green - karikihaura basic green - kariki dark green - karikiuri C.. light green - karikitea : pale yellowish green - karikikaho :' greenish brown ' . - karikihaura greenish grey - karikihina bright glossy green ' - kakariki dark greeny blue - kanapanapa dark opaque green - kawakawa (mai i te rau kawakawa) blue-green - karikiorangi . basic blue y :: r;y - ■ - orangi dark blue - orangiuri light blue - orangitea blue-grey - orangihina . v