ʻōʻō
(Redirected from ‘ō‘ō)
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oo"
Hawaiian
editEtymology 1
editOnomatopoeic, from their call.
Noun
editʻōʻō
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *koho (compare with Maori kō, Tahitian ʻō and Samoan ʻoso)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kojom (“stick for husking coconuts”).[2][3] Doublet of ʻō.
Noun
editʻōʻō
References
edit- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻōʻō”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 290
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “koho”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 167