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Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ŋaakau; compare with Maori ngākau (“bowels, heart”), Tahitian ʻāʻau (“bowels, heart, conscience, soul”), Tongan ngākau (“intestines”) and Samoan gāʻau (“entrails, penis”).[1][2]
Noun
naʻau
- (anatomy) guts, intestines
- mind, heart
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “naʻau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 257
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “gaakau”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online