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Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *maqi-kuku. Cognates include Hawaiian māiʻuʻu and Maori maikuku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌma.ʔi.ˈku.ku/
- Hyphenation: ma‧'i‧ku‧ku
Noun
ma'ikuku
- claw, nail
Synonyms
References
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 199