nihoniho

Hawaiian

Etymology

Reduplication of niho (“tooth”). Compare with relationship between Malay gigi “tooth” and gerigi “serrated, jagged”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌni.hoˈni.ho/

Verb

nihoniho

1. (stative) to be toothed, notched, serrated

References

• Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 66

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of niho (“tooth”). Compare with relationship between Malay gigi “tooth” and gerigi “serrated, jagged”

Sense of character from behaviour of baring teeth.

Adjective

nihoniho

1. toothed, serrated
2. quarrelsome, cantankerous