ʻōʻō

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oo"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔoːˈʔoː/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, from their call.

Noun

ʻōʻō

  1. oo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters
Descendants
  • English: oo, moho
  • Latin: moho
  • Translingual: Moho

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *koho (compare with Maori kō, Tahitian ʻō and Samoan ʻoso)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kojom (“stick for husking coconuts”).[2][3] Doublet of ʻō.

Noun

ʻōʻō

  1. spade
  2. digging stick

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻōʻō”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 290
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “koho”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 167
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