paepae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

paepae (plural paepaes)

1. (New Zealand) The horizontal element on the ground at the front of a wharenui, serving as the threshold of the building.

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa.e ˈpa.e]
• Hyphenation: pa‧e‧pa‧e

Etymology 1

Te lanu paepae (1).

Borrowed from Samoan paʻepaʻe.

Verb

paepae (plural papae)

1. (stative) to be white

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *pae-pae. Cognates include Maori paepae and Tongan paepae.

Noun

paepae

1. stone pavement around a house

Verb

paepae

1. (transitive) to pave with a paepae
2. (transitive, + i) to pave (with)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 256