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Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *faqaki. Cognates include Tahitian fāʻi and Maori whāki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhaː.ˈʔa.ki/
- Hyphenation: hā‧'a‧ki
Verb
hāꞌaki
- (transitive) to tell; to inform
References
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 14
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 514