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Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qulu-poko (compare with Tahitian poʻo and Maori upoko)[1][2] suffixed from *qulu (compare with Maori uru (“head”)), from Proto-Oceanic *qulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu (compare with Malay hulu, Tagalog ulo) from Proto-Austronesian *quluh (“head”).[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
poʻo
- (anatomy) head
- summit
- director
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “poʻo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 341
- ^ Wilson, William H. (2012 December) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 51, number 2, pages 306-7
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 101-2