'ui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ui"

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *quhi. Cognates include Hawaiian ui and Maori ui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔu.i/
• Hyphenation: 'u‧i

Verb

'ui

1. (transitive) to ask

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 14
• “'ui”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29