komiti

Māori

Etymology

From ko- +‎ miti (“to touch or contact [of water], to swash”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why is the ko- suffix with short vowels instead of koo- or kō-?”)

Verb

komiti

  1. to converge (of waters like rivers)
  2. to join, to merge, to mingle
    Synonyms: pūtahi, uru, whakauru, hono, hui, ūngutu

See also

  • kōmitimiti

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “komiti, kōmitimiti”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 155
  • “komiti” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English committee.

Noun

komiti

  1. committee member
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