kauhuhu
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *taqo-fufu (compare with Maori tāhuhu, Tongan toʻufufu)[1] affixing *fufu from Proto-Oceanic *pupuŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubuŋ (“ridge of roof, mountain” – compare with Malay bumbung, Tagalog bubóng, Ilocano bobóng all “roof”).[2][3]
Noun
[edit]kauhuhu
References
[edit]- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kauhuhu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 135
- ^ See “taqufufu”, “taqo.2b” in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011).
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 53-4