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Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *faqu. Cognates include Tongan faʻu and Samoan fau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈha.ʔu/
- Hyphenation: ha‧'u
Noun
ha'u
- hat
References
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 184
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29
Tetum
Etymology
From *aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
ha'u
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)