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āpōpō

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Etymology

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From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *a-popo from Proto-Oceanic *qa-boŋi-boŋi (cognate with Tahitian apopo, Tongan apō)[1][2] affixing *boŋi-boŋi (“early morning”) (cognates with Samoan pogipogi (“dawn, dusk, twilight”) and Tongan pongipongi (“morning, tomorrow”) – doublet of pongipongi “dim, of low light, dawn”)[3] reduplicate of *boŋi thus doublet of pō – see there for more details.[4]

Noun

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āpōpō

  1. tomorrow
  2. future

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 17
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 329-30
  3. ^ Ibid. pages 310-1.
  4. ^ Ibid. pages 305-7.

Further reading

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