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Around the time the Google in Your Language programme began, Craig Nevill-Manning, the New Zealand computer scientist who developed Froogle reached out to a former colleague at Waikato University, Dr. Te Taka Keegan, with the idea of translating Google into Māori. While working on his doctorate, Te Taka began the translation effort in his ...
tapu: sacred, taboo; to be avoided because of this; (a cognate of the Tongan tabu, origin of the English borrowing of taboo) tangi: to mourn; or, a funeral at a marae; taniwha: mythical water monster; te reo: the Māori language (literally, 'the language') waka: canoe, boat [17] (modern Māori usage includes automobiles)
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]
The English word Maori is a borrowing from the Māori language, where it is spelled Māori.In New Zealand, the Māori language is often referred to as te reo [tɛ ˈɾɛ.ɔ] ("the language"), short for te reo Māori ("the Māori language").
To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Whittaker's released a special edition version of their milk chocolate, rebranded as Miraka Kirīmi (creamy milk) in te reo. [30] The rebranding caused widescale controversy due to racist backlash criticising the rebranding, and sparked a response to support the naming of the chocolate bar in te reo.
Te uri Reo Maori (translating in Maori), by Makiʻuti Tongia, Punanga o te reo. 1996. Atiu, e enua e tona iti tangata, te au tata tuatua Ngatupuna Kautai...(et al.), Suva, University of the South Pacific.1993. (Maori translation of Atiu : an island Community) A vocabulary of the Mangaian language by Christian, F. W. 1924. Bernice P. Bishop ...
Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) [1] is the Māori-language name for New Zealand.The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu – where Te Ika-a-Māui means North Island, and Te Waipounamu means South Island. [2]
[13] The second volume of the report contains a glossary of te reo Māori terms, including: tikanga: traditional rules for conducting life, custom, method, rule, law; tikanga Māori: Māori traditional rules, culture; An example of applied tikanga is an approach by Māori weavers in the gathering of traditional materials such as harakeke.