ʻīlio

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Tuamotuan kurio, a variant of kuri from Proto-Polynesian *kuli (compare with Maori kurī, Samoan ulī, Tongan kulī, Tahitian ʻurī and ʻūrī)[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *kuli (compare with Fijian koli[1]).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiːˈli.o/, [ʔiːˈli.jo]

Noun

ʻīlio

  1. dog
  2. any quadruped

Derived terms

  • ʻīlio hae (“wolf”)
  • ʻīlio hohono (“skunk”)
  • ʻīlio holo a ka uaua (“seal”)
  • ʻīlio hulu pāpale (“beaver”)

Descendants

  • Hawaiian: lio (“horse”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kulii”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻīlio”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 99
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