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lahilahi

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *lafilafi (compare with Maori rahirahi (“thin”)) reduplicating *lafi (“paper mulbery cloth”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /la.hiˈla.hi/, [lə.hiˈlɐ.hi]

Noun

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lahilahi

  1. thinness, frailty, flimsiness

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wilson, William H. (2012 December) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎[1], volume 51, number 2, page 306
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