'arero

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Rapa Nui[edit]

Te 'arero o te koreho.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *qalelo. Cognates include Hawaiian alelo and Maori arero.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ˈɾe.ɾo/
  • Hyphenation: 'a‧re‧ro

Noun[edit]

'arero

  1. tongue

References[edit]

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 350