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Te Papakupu o Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
Ngā Wāhanga Ako: Te Reo Matatini, Ngā Toi, Pāngarau, Pūtaiao, Hangarau, Tikanga ā-Iwi, Hauora
He peka tēnei o te mātai reo, e aro ana ki te takenga mai o ngā kupu o tētahi reo me te tikanga o ngā kupu i roto i te takanga o te wā.
A branch of linguistics which focuses on the origin of the words in a language, and their meanings over time.
Ko te mātai kupu tētahi o ana tohungatanga.
Ko tā te mātai kupu, he tirotiro i te rerekē haere o te tikanga o ngā kupu i te takanga o te wā.
He kaimātai kupu ia.
mātai - to inspect, examine, investigate (field of study)