kāwai
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Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From elongation of kawe from Proto-Polynesian *kawe₁ (compare with Tongan kave, Tahitian ʻave, Samoan ʻave)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kawe from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (compare with Cebuano gaway).[2][3]
Noun
[edit]kāwai
References
[edit]- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 140
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 201