hohoʻa

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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fofoŋa – compare with Tongan fofonga and Samoan fofoga.[1]

Noun

hohoʻa

  1. face
    Synonyms: aro, mata
  2. appearance, look
  3. image, photo, portrait, picture
  4. plan, blueprint

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fofoga”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

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