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inoa

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See also: Inoa and iŋoa

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *hiŋoa.[1] Cognates include Māori ingoa and Tahitian iʻoa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈno.a/, [iˈno.wə]

Noun

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inoa

  1. name
    ola ka inoa ― the name lives
  2. term
  3. title
  4. ellipsis of mele inoa (“name chant”)

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “higoa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “inoa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 101
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