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Maori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Oceanic *tusuq-i (compare with Samoan tusi, Tongan tuhuʻi “to point”, Fijian dusi “to indicate, to point”) variant of *tusu (compare with Tongan tuhu “finger, to point”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq (compare with Malay tunjuk “to point” and tuju “to head somewhere”, Iban tunjuk “finger, to point”, Tagalog turo “pointing, guiding, teaching”).[1][2]
Verb
tuhi (passive tuhia)
- to point at
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tusua”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 178
Etymology 2
From Proto-Oceanic *tusi (“to mark or adorn” – compare with Samoan tusi, Tongan tuhi “streak”, Fijian tusi “fabric mark or pattern”).[1]
Verb
tuhi (passive tuhingia)
- to draw
- to write
Noun
tuhi
- pattern, adornment
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tusi.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Derived terms
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tuhi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 526
- “tuhi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.