nānā
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nana"
Hawaiian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from "nanny"?”)
Noun[edit]
nānā
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”)[1][2]
Verb[edit]
nānā
- (transitive) to look, observe
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Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”).[1][2] Doublet of nana.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
nānā
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