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pō

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *poo, from Proto-Central Pacific *boŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *boŋi (doublet of poni), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi (compare with Javanese wengi), from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀŋi.

Sense of time cycle based on counting of moon phases emerging not long after sunrise to differentiate between each solar cycle of similar tropical daytime lengths,[1] but has been mostly displaced with lā by David Malo's time. Similar patterns found in Māori pō and Tahitian pō.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pō

  1. night, period of darkness after the evening
  2. day, cycle of 24 hours

Derived terms

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With sense of 'night' period
With sense of 'day' (24-hour cycle)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hawaiian Moon Phases and Traditional Resource Management‎[1], Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, 2013
  2. ^ Langlas, Charles M. (2017), “Nā Pō o ka Malama: The “Nights” of the Hawaiian Month”, in Palapala‎[2], pages 101-112

Japanese

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Romanization

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pō

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぽう

Mandarin

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Romanization

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pō (po1, Zhuyin ㄆㄛ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坡
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岘
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攳 / 𰕁
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朲
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泇
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泸
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泼, 溌
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潑 / 泼
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濼 / 泺
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癹
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跗
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酤
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醯
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釙 / 钋
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉕 / 钷
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏺 / 䥽
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钷
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 陂
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頔 / 𬱖
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 预
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 波

Māori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *poo, from Proto-Central Pacific *boŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *boŋi (compare with Samoan pogi, Hawaiian poni), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi (compare with Javanese wengi), from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀŋi.

Sense of 24-hour time cycle based on division of shifting lunar phases from the new moon (Whiro as the first) to the next (Mutu on the 30th)[1] comparable to Hawaiian pō and Tahitian pō; has since been displaced by rā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pō

  1. night
  2. (obsolete) day, time cycle of 24 hours.
    Synonym: rā

Derived terms

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Sense of night
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References

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  1. ^ Best, Elsdon (1922), The Maori Division of Time, Wellington: A. R. Shearer, page 23

Tahitian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *poo, from Proto-Central Pacific *boŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *boŋi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀŋi. Once displaced by ruʻi during Pōmare I's reign avoiding tapu by association.[1]

Noun

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pō

  1. night
    Synonym: ruʻi
  2. day, time period of 24 hours
    Synonyms: ruʻi, mahana

References

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  1. ^ White, Ralph Gardner (1968), “Borrowing and Taboo in Eastern Polynesia”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society‎[3], volume 77, number 1, →ISSN, pages 57-73
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