Maori months

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Maori (te reo Māori)

Language family:
Austronesian, Polynesian branch

Official language:
New Zealand, Māori

Pattern:
Latin (from English) and alternative names

Months (traditional Ngāi Tūhoe dialect):

1. translations: January: Kohi-tātea
2. translations: February: Hui-tanguru
3. translations: March: Poutū-te-rangi
4. translations: April: Paenga-whawha
5. translations: May: Haratua
6. translations: June: Pipiri
7. translations: July: Hōngoingoi
8. translations: August: Here-turi-kōkā
9. translations: September: Mahuru
10. translations: October: Whiringa-ā-nuku
11. translations: November: Whiringa-ā-rangi
12. translations: December: Hakihea

Months (from English):

1. translations: January: Hānuere = Ianus, Roman god
2. translations: February: Pepuere = Roman purification feast
3. translations: March: Maehe = Mars, Roman god
4. translations: April: Āperira = opening, Latin
5. translations: May: Mei = Maia, Roman goddess
6. translations: June: Hune = Iuno, Roman goddess
7. translations: July: Hūrae = Iulius Caesar, Roman emperor
8. translations: August: Ākuhata = Augustus, Roman emperor
9. translations: September: Hepetema = 7th month, Latin
10. translations: October: Oketopa = 8th month, Latin
11. translations: November: Noema = 9th month, Latin
12. translations: December: Tīhema = 10th month, Latin

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see also Maori days