C1
Land, Place Names, and Ecological Knowledge
Whenua me ngā Wāhi
About this concept
Māori place names encode geography, history, and tribal associations. Environmental vocabulary reflects deep ecological knowledge: roto (lake), awa (river), motu (island), ngahere (forest).
In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C1.
Examples
Rotorua = roto (lake) + rua (two/pit)second lake (volcanic lake)
Whanganui = whanga (harbor) + nui (big)big harbor
Aotearoa = ao (cloud/world) + tea (white) + roa (long)long white cloud
Te Waipounamu = te (the) + wai (water) + pounamu (greenstone)the greenstone waters (South Island)
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