ʻāuri

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See also: Auri, auri, àuri, and auri-

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kauquli (cognate with Maori kauri (“Agathis australis”), Samoan ʻauli (“clothing iron”) and ʻauʻauli (“Diospyros samoensis”)) from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").[1][2]

Noun

ʻāuri

  1. iron
    fifi ʻāuri: iron chain
    tutae ʻāuri: rust
    fare ʻāuri: prison
  2. steel

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kauli”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ “Kauri”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

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