pātia

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *pa-tia. Cognates include Tahitian pātia and Maori pātia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpaː.ˈti.a/
  • Hyphenation: pā‧ti‧a

Noun

pātia

  1. spear

Derived terms

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 180
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 200