ariari

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of ari from Proto-Polynesian *qali₁ (compare with Hawaiian aliali “crystal clear” and aniani “glass”; Tahitian ariari “clear, transparent”; Samoan aliali “to appear”)

Adjective

ariari

1. clear, visible

   Synonym: puata

2. gleaming

   Synonyms: kawata, kowata, kōwatawata

3. undisturbed

   Synonym: piropiro

4. bare, stripped (of trees etc)

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ariari”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 18-9
• “ariari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rotokas

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin anian, from English onion.

Noun

ariari

1. onion

References

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 7