ʻutu
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See also: utu
Tahitian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Maori kutu, Hawaiian ʻuku), from Proto-Oceanic *kutu (compare with Fijian kutu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Malay kutu, Tagalog kuto), from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.[1]
Noun
[edit]ʻutu
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “ʻutu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Categories:
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Tahitian lemmas
- Tahitian nouns