ʻīlio
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tuamotuan kurio, a variant of kuri from Proto-Polynesian *kuli (compare with Maori kurī, Samoan ulī, Tongan kulī, Tahitian ʻurī and ʻūrī)[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *kuli (compare with Fijian koli[1]).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ʻīlio
Derived terms
[edit]- ʻīlio hae (“wolf”)
- ʻīlio hohono (“skunk”)
- ʻīlio holo a ka uaua (“seal”)
- ʻīlio hulu pāpale (“beaver”)
Descendants
[edit]- Hawaiian: lio (“horse”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kulii”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ʻīlio”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 99