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Tahitian
Noun
ruʻi
- (archaic) night
- Synonym: pō
Usage notes
Archaic; used only in Tahitian translations of the Bible.
It was used to avoid the naming taboo around pō, which was used from a nickname, "Pō-mare", of a Tahitian king.