Kia ora! I'm excited for todays episode. I thought I would do a language comparison of Te Reo Maori and Olelo Kanaka. Do excuse my olelo pronunciation. I'm still working on improving it, as I definitely sound like a Maori speaking Hawaiian haha. Enjoy!
Olelo Kanaka: Mokuna Ekahi - Ke Keiki i Pakele
Reo Maori: Te Wahanga Tuatahi - Te Tama i Ora tonu
Olelo Kanaka: Ua ha'aheo o Mr laua o Mrs Durley o Helu Eha, Ala Pilikino, i ka ha'i aku he po'e ma'amau no laua, mahalo nui loa.
Reo Maori: Whakahi ana a Mita raua ko Miha Tuhiri, no te kainga tuawha i te Ara o Piriweti, ki te ki he tino maori noa iho nei raua - kia mohio mai koe.
Olelo Kanaka: Aohe loa ou mahu'i he komo laua i ka hana ano 'e a hookahaha paha, no ka mea, aohe loa o laua pili aku me kela ano.
Reo Maori: Ko raua hoki tetahi tokorua e tino kore nei e uru ki nga ahuatanga e koroke ana ranei, e porehu ana ranei, na te mea kaore raua e paku pai ana ki aua hanga heahea.
Breakdown:
Olelo Kanaka:
Mokuna - This is related to our kupu maori Motunga.
Ua - Kua in the reo.
Haaheo - Whakahihi, whakahi, pohokereru all these types of words in maori.
laua o - raua ko. This one is very similar, basically the same, it works exactly the same too.
ha'i - whaki. Basically has the same vibe as the reo maori counterpart.
po'e - In the reo we have many words of this nature, hunga, kapa, kahui, tira, whakaminenga, minenga, marea, it's the same vibe.
hana - mahi.
ano 'e - whano ke. Pretty sure the maori word is of the same nature, 'e is ke in maori, but ano has loads of meanings in the olelo.
ano -
I thought I'd list out a few meanings that ano holds in the olelo which it has, but I give the maori counterpart:
- kano/kakanomomoahuawhanoke (only in the ano 'e usage though -- I think)take/raru (Olelo would say something like 'He aha kou ano?' Maori being - 'He aha to take?/ He aha to raru?)
If you are keen to learn more about the Olelo Kanaka. These are the resources I used to teach myself.
- Clinton Kanahele CollectionWehewehe.orghawaiian-grammar.orgKa AlalaKanaeokana