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pohe

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Maori

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Etymology

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Cognate with Tahitian pohe[1][2] related to pō “night, darkness” ultimately from Proto-Oceanic *boŋi.[3]

Adjective

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pohe

  1. blind
  2. stupid, dull

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 345
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puku.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 558, 581

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “pohe”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 333
  • “pohe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tahitian

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Verb

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pohe

  1. die

Tsou

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Noun

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pohe

  1. corn
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