loʻi
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *loki (“enclosed area”), from Proto-Oceanic *logi (“partitioned area”). Cognate with Maori roki ~ rokiroki “secured, stored, contained; storage”, Rarotongan roki and Tahitian roʻi “bed”, Tongan loki and Samoan loʻi “room”[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]loʻi
References
[edit]- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “loki”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 57
- ^ Kirch, Patrick V.; Lepofsky, Dana (January 1993), “Polynesian Irrigation: Archaeological and Linguistic Evidence for Origins and Development”, in Asian Perspectives, volume 32, number 2, pages 192-5