'arero

Rapa Nui

Te 'arero o te koreho.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qalelo. Cognates include Hawaiian alelo and Maori arero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈɾe.ɾo/
• Hyphenation: 'a‧re‧ro

Noun

'arero

1. tongue

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 350