ʻupu

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“node”) (compare with Maori kupu and Samoan ʻupu), from Proto-Oceanic *puku by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh (compare with Malay buku and Tagalog bukó both “node, knot, joint”).[1][2][3] Senses related to logic evolved from a lost early sense of “word, segments of speech” by metaphorical comparison with culms of bamboo (as is present meaning of Samoan ʻupu and Maori kupu) before broadening.[4]

Noun

ʻupu

  1. thought
  2. recollection
  3. desire, attachment
  4. hope, expectation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻupu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 373
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kupu.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 85-6
  4. ^ “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo‎, Benson Family Trust, 2023

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu (“node”)), from Proto-Oceanic *puku by metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh.[1][2] Originated as "word" comes from metaphorical comparison of segments of speech with culms of bamboo.[3]

Noun

ʻupu

  1. word, speech

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kupu.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 85-6
  3. ^ “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo‎, Benson Family Trust, 2023
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