ʻeli
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eli"
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian from Proto-Oceanic *keli (compare with Samoan ʻeli and Tongan keli) ~ *kali (compare with Maori kari)[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali₂ (compare with Malay gali).[2][3] Doublet of ʻali.[1]
Verb
[edit]ʻeli
- to dig
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 20, 41
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kali.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 123-4
Categories:
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian doublets
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian verbs