kopiti

Tokelauan

Te kopiti.

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kopi-ti (“to be narrow”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻōpiki (“trap”) and Maori kopiti (“to be closed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko.ˈpi.ti]
• Hyphenation: ko‧pi‧ti

Noun

kopiti

1. corner

Usage notes

• Kopiti is only used to refer to the inner part of a corner, e.g. of a building or room. For the outer part of a corner, the term tulimanu is used.

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 167