ꞌahuru

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Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tahitian ʻahuru.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ˈhu.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: 'a‧hu‧ru

Noun

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ꞌahuru

  1. ten, tenfold

Usage notes

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  • 'Ahuru can't be used on its own as a numeral, it has to be preceded by another number:
    Hoꞌe ꞌahuru.Ten (literally, “One ten.”)

References

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  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 171
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 148