tutuʻi
Tahitian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *tuRi-tuRi (cognate with Tongan tuitui and Fijian tuitui).[1][2][3] Sense of lighting action from the use of skewered nuts on coconut ribs to make torches, probably influenced by tui (“to strung”); see also relationship of Hawaiian kui and kukui.
Noun
[edit]tutuʻi
- Aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree and fruit
Verb
[edit]tutuʻi
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tui-tui.2”, 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), “kukui”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 177-8
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 404
Further reading
[edit]- Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon][1] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
- “tutuʻi” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.