ʻāuri

See also: Auri, auri, àuri, and auri-

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kauquli (cognate with Maori kauri (“Agathis australis”), Samoan ʻauli (“clothing iron”) and ʻauʻauli (“Diospyros samoensis”)) from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").

Noun

ʻāuri

1. iron

   fifi ʻāuri: iron chain

   tutae ʻāuri: rust

   fare ʻāuri: prison

2. steel

Further reading

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “ʻāuri” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.