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Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *soko₂ (“to exchange”); compare with Maori hoko (“to barter, to trade”) and Hawaiian hō (“to give, transfer, supply”)[1]
Verb
hoʻo
- to exchange, trade
- hoʻo mai: to buy, to purchase, to acquire
- hoʻo atu: to sell
- Synonyms: roaʻa, noaʻa
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “soko.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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