ʻawe

See also: awe, awɛ́, Awe, and AWE

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔa.we/, [ˈʔɐ.ʋe]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe₂ (compare with Maori kawe, Samoan ʻave).[1][2][3]

Verb

ʻawe

  1. to carry

Noun

ʻawe

  1. carriage, pack, knapsack

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻawe”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 35
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.2a”, 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 (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 429

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe₁ (compare with Maori kawe, Tahitian ʻave “strand of a braid”, Tongan kave, Samoan ʻave).[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kawe from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (compare with Cebuano gaway).[2][3]

Noun

ʻawe

  1. tentacle

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 253-4
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawe.1a”, 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 (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 201