"namu" meaning in Maori

See namu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *namu (compare with Tahitian ninamu). Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pep-pro|*namu}} Proto-Eastern Polynesian *namu, {{cog|ty|ninamu}} Tahitian ninamu Head templates: {{head|mi|adjective|head=}} namu, {{mi-adj}} namu
  1. (obsolete) blue-green, grue Tags: obsolete Derived forms: pounamu Related terms: kākāriki
    Sense id: en-namu-mi-adj-nW8eDM8D Categories (other): Pages with 26 entries, Pages with entries, Maori entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 26 entries: 12 24 29 6 4 16 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 21 39 6 4 14 4 4 Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *namu (compare with Rarotongan namu “mosquito”, Tahitian namu and ramu “sandfly, midge”), from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk. Cognate with Malay nyamuk (“mosquito”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*namu}} Proto-Polynesian *namu, {{cog|rar|namu}} Rarotongan namu, {{cog|ty|namu}} Tahitian namu, {{inh|mi|poz-oce-pro|*ñamuk}} Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, {{inh|mi|poz-pro|*ñamuk}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk, {{cog|ms|nyamuk||mosquito}} Malay nyamuk (“mosquito”) Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} namu, {{mi-noun}} namu
  1. sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium. Categories (lifeform): Insects Derived forms: namu katipo, namunamu, nanamu, whakanamunamu
    Sense id: en-namu-mi-noun-XESV4JDq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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