ʻapi
Tahitian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kapi (“to hold firmly between”) (compare with Maori kapi (“to close, to shut”)) from Proto-Oceanic *kapit (compare with Fijian kabi (“to cling, to stick”))[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit (“to pinch or squeeze”) (compare with Malay apit).[2]
Noun
[edit]ʻapi
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “ʻapi” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Categories:
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian lemmas
- Tahitian nouns