māiʻuʻu

See also: mai'u'u and maiʻuʻu

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maqikuku ultimately prefixed from Proto-Oceanic *kuku “nail” (compare with Fijian kuku) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuku “ibid.” (compare with Malay kuku, Tagalog kuko).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːi̯ˈʔu.ʔu/, [maːjˈʔu.ʔu]

Noun

māiʻuʻu

  1. (anatomy) nail; keratin end of the toes and fingers
  2. claw
  3. hoof

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maqi-kuku”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 176-7

Further reading

  • “māiʻuʻu” in Ka‘ōnohi‘ulaokamanō Kai, Manomano, KAI LOA Inc.
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