Niu
Ko te niu he rākau whakatuputupu ki ngā tātahi pārūrū tae ana ki te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa me te Moana Īnia. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Cocos nucifera.[1] Ka āhei te rewarewa ngā hua o tēnei tipu i te wai moana mō te tīrangaranga.[2]
Te kupu reo nō reo Ahiteronīhia i mua *niuʀ.[3] Ko te rākau e mōhio ana ngā tangata ki te marotiritiri hei haha āna kai me wai inu.[4] He tipu tēnei i mauria haere e ngā tīpuna Māori i ō rātou torotoronga, engaringari kare i ora tenei rakau mea ai te āhuarangi makariri ki Aotearoa.[5]
Tohutoro
takatā- ↑ Cocos nucifera L. Plants of the World Online. 2024.
- ↑ Fernanda Caro Beveridge, Sundaravelpandian Kalaipandian, Chongxi Yang & Steve W. Adkins (Oketopa 2022). Fruit Biology of Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) Plants. 11 (23).
- ↑ Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley & Meredith Osmond (2008). The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Pukapuka tua-3: Plants. Ng. wh. 355-356. ISBN 9780858835894.
- ↑ James A. Duke (1983). Handbook of Energy Crops.Purdue University
- ↑ Lara Shepherd (2024). "Te Papa’s got a lovely bunch of coconuts – or do we?" Te Papa Tongarewa.