fetiʻa

See also: feti'a

Tahitian

Etymology

Displaced earlier fetū because of tapu by association with names of certain royalty.

Noun

fetiʻa

1. star
2. medal

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “fetiʻa” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.