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Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *kapi (“to hold firmly between”) (compare with Maori kapi (“to close, to shut”)) from Proto-Oceanic *kapit (compare with Fijian kabi (“to cling, to stick”))[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit (“to pinch or squeeze”) (compare with Malay apit).[2]
Noun
ʻapi
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References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kapi.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 148-9
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