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Rapa Nui
Etymology
From a replicated form of Proto-Polynesian *faqu. Cognates include Tongan faʻu and Maori whawhau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha.ˈha.u/
- Hyphenation: ha‧ha‧u
Verb
haha'u
- (transitive) to tie; tie up
References
- “haha'u”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 197