ʻāhui

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kaa-pui (compare with Maori kāhui)[1] from Proto-Polynesian from Proto-Oceanic *pui₁ (“bunch”) (compare with Maori hui (“flock, herd, congregation”) and Tahitian hui (“group”) plus Maori huihui (“group, assembly”) and Tahitian huihui (“collection”)).[2] Doublet of hui and huihui.

Noun

ʻāhui

  1. fruit bunch or cluster (of bananas, pandanus keys, grapes)

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻāhui”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 8
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kaa-fui”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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