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rehurehu

Maori edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication (thus doublet) of rehu from Proto-Polynesian *rapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Hawaiian lehu (“ash”); Tahitian rehu (“ash, grey colour”) and rehurehu (“twilight”); Tongan efu (“dust, human remains”); Samoan lefulefu)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Fijian dravu (“ashes”) and dravuloa (“grey”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Malay dapur (“kitchen”) and Tagalog dapog (“open fire”)).[2] Also doublet of nehu and nehunehu.

Adjective edit

rehurehu

  1. obscure

Verb edit

rehurehu

  1. to dim, to set

References edit

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 406-7
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “refu1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading edit

  • “rehurehu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tahitian edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication (thus doublet) of rehu from Proto-Polynesian *rapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Hawaiian lehu (“ash”); Maori rehu (“dust, mist, spray”) and rehurehu (“obscure”); Tongan efu (“dust, human remains”); Samoan lefulefu) from Proto-Oceanic *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Fijian dravu (“ashes”) and dravuloa (“grey”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Malay dapur (“kitchen”) and Tagalog dapog (“open fire”)).[1]

Noun edit

rehurehu

  1. twilight

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “refu1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading edit

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