monoʻi

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Tahitian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *manoŋi (compare with Samoan manogi, Tongan manongi both “fragrant”),[1]

Noun

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monoʻi

  1. perfume, fragrance

Noun

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  • French: monoï
  • English: monoi

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “manogi”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

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