ʻutu
See also: utu
Tahitian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Maori kutu, Hawaiian ʻuku), from Proto-Oceanic *kutu (compare with Fijian kutu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Malay kutu, Tagalog kuto), from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.[1]
Noun edit
ʻutu
References edit
Further reading edit
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “ʻutu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.