u'i

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ui"

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u.ˈʔi/

• Hyphenation: u‧‘i

Noun

u’i

1. flour

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian ʻuhi (“to visit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ʔi/
• Hyphenation: u‧'i

Verb

u'i

1. (intransitive) to look; to watch

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 42
• “ū'i”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29