tekau

== Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *te-kau (compare with Hawaiian kaʻau (“forty”), Tahitian taʻau (“twenty”) and Tongan tekau) from Proto-Polynesian *kau₂ (“group”) (see Hawaiian ʻau, Tahitian ʻau, Samoan ʻau (“group, bunch, shoal, school”) and Tongan kau (“bunch”)). Sense of === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teˈkau/ [tɛˈkɐʉ] === Numeral === tekau (archaic) twenty, score (20). Synonyms: rua ngahuru, rua tekau ten Synonym: ngahuru ==== Derived terms ==== tekau mā tahi (11, previously 21) tekau mā rua (12, previously 22) tekau mā toru (13, previously 23) tekau mā whā (14, previously 24) tekau mā rima (15, previously 25) tekau mā ono (16, previously 26) tekau mā whitu (17, previously 27) tekau mā waru (18, previously 28) tekau mā iwa (19, previously 29) tahi tekau (20) rua tekau (40) toru tekau (60) whā tekau (80) rima tekau (100) === References === === Further reading === “tekau” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.