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Hawaiian
Etymology
Either reduplication or doublet of ʻano from Proto-Polynesian *kano (compare Maori kano, Tahitian ʻaʻano and Tongan kano),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kanon (“flesh; kernel”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kan-ən from Proto-Austronesian *kaən-an (“food, cooked rice”) from Proto-Austronesian *kaən (“to eat”) (thus doublet of ʻai).[2]
Noun
ʻanoʻano
- (botany) seed
- Synonym: hua
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻano”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 26
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kano”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online