FromProto-Polynesian*koho (compare withMāorikō andSamoanʻoso)[1] fromProto-Oceanic*kojom(“husking stick”).[2][3]Doublet ofʻōʻō.
ʻō
- special planted stick forhusking coconuts
- pin,spear, any piercinginstrument
- fork
ʻō(transitive)
- topierce, tostab
- tovaccinate
- tothrust
- todip in, tofall into
- (of lightning) toflash
FromEnglish.
ʻō
- The name of theLatin script letterO/o.
- ^Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ʻōʻō”, inHawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press,→ISBN, page274
- ^Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “koho”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, inOceanic Linguistics, volume50, number 2, pages551-559
- ^Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN, page167
FromProto-Polynesian*koho (compare withHawaiianʻōʻō,Māorikō andSamoanʻoso) fromProto-Oceanic*kojom(“husking stick”).[1][2]
ʻō
- spade,digging stick
- ^Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “koho”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, inOceanic Linguistics, volume50, number 2, pages551-559
- ^Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN, page167
- Lemaître, Yves (1995),Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon][1] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom,→ISBN
- “ʻō” inDictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
