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hoʻouahi

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From hoʻo- +‎ uahi (smoke) – compare with Maori whakaauahi related to whakaauau derived from Proto-Polynesian *paka-qasu (compare with Tongan fakaʻahu and Samoan fāʻasu), from Proto-Oceanic *paka-qasu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paka-qasu (compare with Cebuano paaso, Tagalog paasuhan) affixed of *qasu (compare with Cebuano aso, Tagalog aso)[1][2]

Verb

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hoʻouahi

  1. to smoke or fumigate something

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qahu.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 158