ʻumiʻumi
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Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kumikumi (“beard”) (compare with Maori kumikumi (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), Tongan kumukumu (“chin”))[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *kumi (compare with Fijian kumi (“beard, chin”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kumis (compare with Malay kumis (“moustache”)).[3]
Noun
[edit]ʻumiʻumi
References
[edit]- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻumiʻumi”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 371
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kumi-kumi”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 136-7
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 lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns