haha'u

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From a replicated form of Proto-Polynesian *faqu. Cognates include Tongan faʻu and Maori whawhau.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ha.ˈha.u/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ha‧u

Verb

haha'u

  1. (transitive) to tie; tie up

References
  • “haha'u”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 197
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