uira

From Proto-Polynesian *quhila (compare with Hawaiian uila, Tahitian uira, Tongan ʻuhila, Samoan uila),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *qusila (compare with Fijian cila (“to shine”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *silaq (“outpouring or beam of light”)[2] related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qusilak (“lightning”).[3] Compare with Maori hiko aside from Hawaiian uila, Tahitian uira and Tongan ʻuhila for semantic extension into "electricity".

• IPA^(key): /u.i.ra/, [ʉ.i.ɾɐ]

uira

1. lightning

   Synonym: hiko

2. electricity

   Synonym: hiko

3. glow

   Synonyms: ura, kura

uira

1. to flash, to gleam

   Synonyms: karamu, kohiko, kohikohiko, kōwhā, kōhā, rapa, rarapa

• “uira” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Polynesian *quhila (compare with Maori uira and Hawaiian uila, Tongan ʻuhila, Samoan uila), from Proto-Oceanic *qusila (compare with Fijian cila (“to shine”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *silaq (“outpouring or beam of light”)[1] related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qusilak (“lightning”).[2] Compare with Maori uira, Hawaiian uila, Tongan ʻuhila and Maori hiko for semantic extension into "electricity".

uira

1. lightning
2. electricity

uira

1. motorized

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “uira” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.