Editing Reduplication (section)

====Māori====
The [[Māori language]] ([[New Zealand]]) uses reduplication in a number of ways.{{sfn|Biggs|1998|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=7PZPA_JjCrQC&pg=PA137 137]}}

Reduplication can convey a simple plural meaning, for instance ''wahine'' "woman", ''waahine'' "women", ''tangata'' "person", ''taangata'' "people". Biggs calls this "infixed reduplication". It occurs in a small subset of "people" words in most Polynesian languages.

Reduplication can convey emphasis or repetition, for example ''mate'' "die", ''matemate'' "die in numbers"; and de-emphasis, for example ''wera'' "hot" and ''werawera'' "warm".

Reduplication can also extend the meaning of a word; for instance ''paki'' "pat" becomes ''papaki'' "slap or clap once" and ''pakipaki'' "applaud"; ''kimo'' "blink" becomes ''kikimo'' "close eyes firmly". Nouns can also be formed this way – a good example are names of native New Zealand plants given in memory of tropical plants known by early arriving Polynesian settlers that they approximately resemble: ''[[kohekohe]]'' is named because its stems resemble the ''[[Schizostachyum glaucifolium|kohe]]'' bamboo (hence "bamboo-ish") in tropical islands,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.temarareo.org/TMR-Kohekohe.html|title=Proto-Polynesian Etymologies: Kohe, Kohekohe|website=Te Māra Reo|date=2023|publisher=Benson Family Trust}}</ref> same for several ferns known as ''piupiu'' (''[[Parablechnum]]'' and others in their family) named after their fronds' shape resembling those of the ''piu'' or ''[[Pritchardia pacifica]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proto-Polynesian Etymologies: Piu |url=https://www.temarareo.org/PPN-Piu.html |work=ibid.}}</ref>