'ui

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ui"

Rapa Nui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *quhi. Cognates include Hawaiian ui and Maori ui.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔu.i/
  • Hyphenation: 'u‧i

Verb[edit]

'ui

  1. (transitive) to ask

References[edit]

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 14
  • “'ui”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29
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