whao
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *faqo (compare with Hawaiian hao (“iron, horn”), Tahitian fao (“tip, scissors”), Tuamotuan pao),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *paqot (compare with Fijian ivako (“nail”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”) (compare with Malay pahat, Tagalog paet)[2]
Noun[edit]
whao
Verb[edit]
whao (a, -whia)
- to chisel out
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *fao,[1] from Proto-Oceanic *pasok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasək, from Proto-Austronesian *pasək (“wooden nail; to drive in”).[3]
Verb[edit]
whao (hia, -na, -ngia, -ria, -whia, -whina)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 611
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faqo.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “faqo.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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