ʻōʻō
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "oo"
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic, from their call.
Noun
ʻōʻō
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *koho (compare with Maori kō, Tahitian ʻō and Samoan ʻoso) from Proto-Oceanic *kojom (“stick for husking coconuts”). Doublet of ʻō.
Noun
ʻōʻō
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻōʻō”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 290
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “koho”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 167