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> Pokatokaino According to Google Translate, that would be "shortcuts" in Maori. (Reverse, "Pokatata".) Nice!

• Nition 2y ago
  Maori is also another language that has the same vowel sounds as Japanese. Google is being generous in interpreting a nonsense word there though, Pokatata (as you saw when reversing the translation) is the correct spelling.
  • mdp2021 2y ago
    > Google is being generous in interpreting a nonsense word My prudential 'would' (not to mention the safety reverse check) saved me again... ;)
  • latentsea 2y ago
    If you know Japanese go to Google maps and scroll around New Zealand and see how many Maori place names actually make sense in Japanese. There's quite a few fun ones that do. Paraparaumu, matamata, tearai etc. Plenty more.
• e12e 2y ago
  I believe Hawaiian and Maori are somewhat related (Eastern Polynesian family)?