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Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *kono,[1] likely related to ʻona and māʻona from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kona₂ from Proto-Polynesian *maa-kona (compare with Maori mākona (“satisfied, content”))[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ʻono
- (stative) delicious
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻono”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 289
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kona.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online