puʻu
Appearance
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *puku₁ (compare with Maori puku (“tummy”) and Tahitian puʻu (“button, knob”)),[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *buku from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh (compare with Malay buku and Tagalog bukó both “node, knot, joint”).[2][3] Also doublet of ʻupu via Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“section”) metathesis of Proto-Oceanic *puku from same Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]puʻu
- any geological protuberance like hill, mound
- pile, mass, bunch
- Synonym: hui
- deck or pack of cards
- head (of cabbage, lettuce)
- joint
- any physical protuberance like lump, pimple
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “puʻu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 358
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puku.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 175
Tahitian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *puku₁ (compare with Maori puku), from Proto-Oceanic *buku from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh (compare with Malay buku (“node, lump, loaf”)).[1][2] Also doublet of ʻupu via Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“section”) metathesis of Proto-Oceanic *puku from same Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root.
Noun
[edit]puʻu
References
[edit]- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puku.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 175
Further reading
[edit]- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “puʻu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Categories:
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian doublets
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian lemmas
- Tahitian nouns