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Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *hingoa, compare with Maori ingoa and Tahitian iʻoa.
Pronunciation
Noun
inoa
- name
- ola ka inoa
- the name lives
- term
- title
- ellipsis of mele inoa (“name chant”).
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “higoa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “inoa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 101