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Hawaiian
Etymology
Reduplication of niho (“tooth”). Compare with relationship between Malay gigi “tooth” and gerigi “serrated, jagged”
Pronunciation
Verb
nihoniho
- (stative) to be toothed, notched, serrated
References
- Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 66
Maori
Etymology
Reduplication of niho (“tooth”). Compare with relationship between Malay gigi “tooth” and gerigi “serrated, jagged”
Sense of character from behaviour of baring teeth.
Adjective
nihoniho
- toothed, serrated
- quarrelsome, cantankerous