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ānuenue

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aanuanua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nuanua, from Proto-Eastern Oceanic *nua-nua. Compare with Māori āniwaniwa, Tahitian ānuanua, Samoan nuanua.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aːˌnu.eˈnu.e/, [aːˌnu.weˈnu.we]

Noun

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ānuenue

  1. rainbow

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AA-NUANUA”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ānuenue”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 26
  3. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2003), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic[1], volume 2: The Physical Environment, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 148