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arero

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See also: arerò

Māori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *qalelo.[1] Cognates include Hawaiian alelo and Rapa Nui arero.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈarero/ [ˈɐɾɛɾɔ]

Noun

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arero

  1. (anatomy) tongue

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QALELO”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Further reading

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  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “arero”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN