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Where does “kurī” come from?
kurī (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian kuli, from Proto-Oceanic *kuli.
kurī
(Maori): dog
Definitions
dog
Ancestry of “kurī”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Polynesian
kuli
dog
2
Proto-Oceanic
*kuli
—
Words derived from “kurī”
kuri
kai a te kurī
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