Hawaiian
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Etymology
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From Proto-Polynesian *hingoa, compare with Maori ingoa and Tahitian iʻoa.
Pronunciation
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inoa
- name
- ola ka inoa
- the name lives
- term
- title
- ellipsis of mele inoa (“name chant”).
References
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- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “higoa”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “inoa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 101