From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *noqi (“to ask for something, solicit”).
inoi
- a prayer
- Synonym: karakia
inoi
- to pray, beg, request, appeal
- “inoi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.