ʻōpeʻapeʻa

Hawaiian

Etymology

Reduplication of peʻa; compare also with Maori pekapeka “bat esp. species Mystacina tuberculata”[1]

Noun

ʻōpeʻapeʻa

  1. Lasiurus semotus, a Hawaiian bat (endemic to the Hawaiian Islands)

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 235-7
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