Matariki.
The season, in late May or early June, when the Pleiades star cluster first rises, treated as the beginning of the new year by the Maori.
Meaning & usage
The season, in late May or early June, when the Pleiades star cluster first rises, treated as the beginning of the new year by the Maori.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Māori Matariki, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian Proto-Eastern Polynesian *mataliki, from Proto-Eastern Oceanic Proto-Eastern Polynesian *mataliki. One Maori folk etymology claims it represents ngā + mata + o + te + ariki + o + Tāwhirimātea, meaning "the eyes of the [wind] god Tāwhirimātea". In Māori legend, the Pleiades star cluster which it is named after was from Tāwhirimātea's plucked eyes. Cognate with Hawaiian makahiki.
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