ʻapōpō

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *a-popo from Proto-Oceanic *qa-boŋi-boŋi (cognates with Rapa Nui āpō, Maori āpōpō, Tahitian apopo and Tongan apō)[1] affixing *boŋi-boŋi (“early morning”) (cognates with Samoan pogipogi (“dawn, dusk, twilight”) and Tongan pongipongi (“morning”))[2] reduplicate of *boŋi thus doublet of pō – see there for more details.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.poːˈpoː/, [ʔə.poːˈpoː]

Noun

ʻapōpō

  1. tomorrow

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 329-30
  2. ^ Ibid. pages 310-1.
  3. ^ Ibid. pages 305-7.
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