manupātia

Rapa Nui

Te manupātia.

Etymology

From manu (“bird”) +‎ pātia (“spear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌma.nu.ˌpaːˈti.a/
• Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧pā‧ti‧a

Noun

manupātia

1. wasp

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 180
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 40