Wiktionary

paʻi

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *paki₁ (“to clap, to slap, to hit, to beat”) (compare with Maori paki (“to hit, to publish”) and papaki (“to slap”), Tahitian paʻipaʻi and pāʻi plus Samoan paʻipaʻi), from Proto-Oceanic *baki from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pakpak₁ (“to clap, to flap”) (compare with Malay papak (“clapper”), Tagalog pakpák (“wing”) and palakpák (“applause”) plus Cebuano pakpák (“applause”)).[1][2][3] Sense of printing extended from Hawaiians beating or stamping repeated patterns on kapa fabric. Doublet of pā (“to beat [an instrument], to touch”).[3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʔi/, [ˈpɐ.ʔi]

Verb edit

paʻi

  1. to hit
  2. to slap, to spank
  3. to clap
  4. to print
    • 1893 August 17, “E Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono”, in Ka Lei Momi‎[1], page 3:
      ʻUa paʻi ia iho nei ma ko makou halepai nei he 100 mau hoolaha no ka Abamele o Hanalei, Kauai, he 500 mau balota a me kekahi mau hana e ae.
      100 advertisements for the Abamele of Hanalei, Kauai, 500 ballots and some other activities were printed in our office.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “paʻi”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 302
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “paki.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 272
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