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loʻi

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *loki “partitioned area” ― compare with Tahitian roʻi “bed”, Tongan loki and Samoan loʻi “room”[1][2]

Noun

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loʻi

  1. irrigated taro pond
  2. paddy, irrigated field for growing rice

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “loki”, 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 57
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