Inherited fromProto-Polynesian*poo, from Proto-Central Pacific*boŋi, fromProto-Oceanic*boŋi (doublet ofponi), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəʀŋi (compare withJavanesewengi), fromProto-Austronesian*bəʀŋi.
Sense of time cycle based on counting of moon phases emerging not long after sunrise to differentiate between each solar cycle of similar tropical daytime lengths,[1] but has been mostly displaced withlā byDavid Malo's time. Similar patterns found inMaoripō andTahitianpō.[2]
pō
- night, period of darkness after the evening
- day, cycle of 24 hours
- With sense of 'night' period
- With sense of 'day' (24-hour cycle)
- ^Hawaiian Moon Phases and Traditional Resource Management[1], Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council,2013
- ^Langlas, Charles M. (2017), “Nā Pō o ka Malama: The “Nights” of the Hawaiian Month”, inPalapala[2], pages101-112
pō
- Rōmaji transcription ofぽう
pō (po1,Zhuyinㄆㄛ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of坡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of岘
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of攳 /𰕁
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of朲
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of泇
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of泸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of泼,溌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of潑 /泼
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of濼 /泺
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of癹
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of跗
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of酤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of醯
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of釙 /钋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of鉕 /钷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of鏺 /䥽
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of钷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of陂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of頔 /𬱖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of预
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of波
FromProto-Polynesian*poo, from Proto-Central Pacific*boŋi, fromProto-Oceanic*boŋi (compare withSamoanpogi,Hawaiianponi), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəʀŋi (compare withJavanesewengi), fromProto-Austronesian*bəʀŋi.
Sense of 24-hour time cycle based on division of shifting lunar phases from the new moon (Whiro as the first) to the next (Mutu on the 30th)[1] comparable toHawaiianpō andTahitianpō; has since been displaced byrā.
pō
- night
- (obsolete)day, time cycle of 24 hours.
- Synonym:rā
- Sense of night
- ^Best, Elsdon (1922),The Maori Division of Time, Wellington: A. R. Shearer, page23
FromProto-Polynesian*poo, from Proto-Central Pacific*boŋi, fromProto-Oceanic*boŋi, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəʀŋi, fromProto-Austronesian*bəʀŋi.Once displaced byruʻi duringPōmare I's reign avoidingtapu by association.[1]
pō
- night
- Synonym:ruʻi
- day, time period of 24 hours
- Synonyms:ruʻi,mahana
- ^White, Ralph Gardner (1968), “Borrowing and Taboo in Eastern Polynesia”, inThe Journal of the Polynesian Society[3], volume77, number 1,→ISSN, pages57-73
