pōpō
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo (compare with Maori pōpō (“to knead”), Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”)).[1][2]
Noun edit
pōpō
Derived terms edit
- kinipōpō (“ball game”)
References edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
pōpō
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo (compare with Hawaiian pōpō, Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”)).[1][2]
Verb edit
pōpō
References edit
Further reading edit
Tahitian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo (compare with Hawaiian pōpō (“ball, wad”), Maori pōpō (“to knead”)).[1][2]
Noun edit
pōpō
References edit
Further reading edit
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “pōpō” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.