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Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *qate. Cognates include Hawaiian ake and Maori ate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔa.te/
  • Hyphenation: a‧te

Noun

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'ate

  1. liver

References

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  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 205
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 526