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Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *neke (“to be carried by water, to float, to drift”) (compare with Maori neke (“to shift, to move”))[1][2] Doublet of neʻeneʻe.
Pronunciation
Verb
neʻe
- to creep, to move gradually
- to squirm
See also
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “neʻe”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 263
- ^ Wilson, William H. (2012 December) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 51, number 2, page 306