Disputatio:Lingua Maorica
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What is Latin for the Maori people (as distinct from the language, which this article covers)? If some kind soul can edit the article to insert the word in link form, I can turn it into a stub with links to several other Wikipedias. Robin Patterson 09:41 mai 1, 2004 (UTC)
- Honestly I have no idea where we got Mauris in the first place, and it sounds susiciously unlike the names of most other languages in Latin: they're usually based off a 1st/2nd declension adjective that can easily be made into an adverb for constructions like latine loqor. Given the form Mauris, what are we going to say, Mauriter loquor? Furthermore it looks a bit too much like Mauri "Moors", a totally unrelated people. --Iustinus 17:32 mai 1, 2004 (UTC)
- I know it's been a while since we discussed this, but I just did a little looking into the topic. Before the mid-nineteenth century the people were refered to as "New Zealanders," and this is reflected in the scientific classification of the Maori bug, Platyzosteria novaeseelandiae (also spelled novaezelandiae). Seeing this, it occured to me that there is probably a biological Latin form already in use. Sure enough, a quick Google search on "maoricus" or "maorica" shows that this is the form we want. I still don't know what the people themselves are called, but in a pinch it should be safe to use this adjective substantivally. --Iustinus 08:57 iun 11, 2004 (UTC)
- Maori means "ordinary" in the Maori language. Also, Maori sometimes call themselves tangata whenua (people of the land) .. populus terrae?--Weldingfish 07:18, 16 Novembris 2005 (UTC)
[recensere] Māori Language Week - te wiki o te reo Māori
Some kind soul may be willing to translate the above and the dates (26 July to 1 August 2004) into Latin so as to add a paragraph to the article. Salvete! Robin Patterson 20:04 iul 25, 2004 (UTC)
Sorry Robin, what exactly did you want translated? Maori Language Week and july 16- august 1 2004? OK, maybe "Septimana Linguae Maoricae Dicata"? You can drop the word dicata if you need something shorter... also you have a choice between septimana and hebdomas. --Iustinus 03:18 iul 26, 2004 (UTC)
