Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *saqele. Cognates include Hawaiian haele and Maori haere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ha.ˈʔe.ɾe/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧'e‧re

Verb

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ha'ere

  1. (intransitive) to walk

References

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  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 62