ʻite

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ite"

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kite (compare with Hawaiian ʻike, Maori kite) from Proto-Oceanic *kita (with infix of -i-) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita (“to see”) (compare with Tagalog kita).[1]

Verb

ʻite

  1. to know

Descendants

  • → Rapa Nui: 'ite

References

  1. ^ 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 492

Further reading

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