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hiku

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Esperanto

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Verb

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hiku

  1. imperative of hiki

Hawaiian

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Hawaiian numbers (edit)
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Base form: hiku
    Cardinal: ʻehiku
    Ordinal: hiku
    Distributive: pāhiku
    Fractional: hapahiku

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *fitu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitu, from Proto-Austronesian *pitu.

Numeral

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hiku

  1. seven, seventh
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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hiku

  1. to pick (as a ukulele or guitar)

Japanese

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Romanization

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hiku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひく

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *siku (extremity, tail, end) (compare with Tahitian hiʻu, Tongan hiku)[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku (elbow) (compare with Malay siku (elbow))[2][3]

Noun

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hiku

  1. tail
  2. rear, end
  3. apex (of a leaf)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 68
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “siku.b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ 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 175-6

Further reading

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  • hiku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Noun

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hiku

  1. (anatomy) tail