Latest statistics: To date the database has 247,891 entries. Roughly 140,000 headwords are unique. There is still another database of 20,000 words that are yet to be verified and included in the main database. Words are sourced from 194 resources. Māori English By default, i have compiled several word lists such as Māori words in [...]
The Canterbury Earthquake of February 22 this year caused a 4 month interruption to the papakupu project. External suppliers and organisations suffered huge damage and losses, and the papakupu project had to use backups to recover lost data. As a further result of the earthquake, I have updated all of the systems to the latest software [...]
Below is a list of Māori txt language for mobile phones. The list will be added to over time and eventually added to the Papakupu Māori Dictionary. Txt Māori 10a tēnā 2 rua 2 tu 2puna tupuna 2taki tūtaki 4ka whaka g ng 4karongo whakarongo 4re whare a2 atu h6 hono hyre haere k kei [...]
If you are reo txt’a, send thru the kupu or how you create the txt Mri or txt them thru to 027 845 7200 so they can include in the reo txt list below, and in the Papakupu project. Txtn in te reo Māori is not a new phenomenon and has been developing over the [...]
A discussion about the reason why Māori Dictionaries should stop being genre specific and be more inclusive of all Māori words. I use loan words as an example here. As a child who was brought up with te reo Māori (including Te Karere Māori News) in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I heard a [...]