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Re: Where did these names come from?
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Tue, 7 Aug 2001 04:39:06 GMT
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in article GG8s85.Eu4@lugnet.com, Erik Olson at olsone@spamcop.net wrote on
7/9/01 10:21 PM:
> For example, there really is an island called Motu Nui--it's off the
> southern tip of Rapanui (Easter Island). Mata is an easier kids' sound,
> obviously.
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> Obviously, toa means warrior, man strong in battle...
For some reason I associate Toa with the name for the stone heads on Easter
Island. Isn't it "Moa" or something similar?
- Jordan
lundj@earthlink.net
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| (...) That would be moai. Visit this page about Easter Island: (URL) is common Polynesian term for foul generally, and more specifically is borrowed from Maori name for an extinct ostrich-like bird! But see also Hawaiian manu (bird). Not to be (...) (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| The last box of stuff is about to arrive home from my Pacific Ocean travels, supplying a habit I never expected to acquire: a taste for Pacific island languages. Dictionaries coming tomorrow! Meanwhile, I have been wondering, these Bionicle names (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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