ʻono

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ono"

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *kono,[1] likely related to ʻona and māʻona from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kona₂ from Proto-Polynesian *maa-kona (compare with Rarotongan kona “tasty, delicious, satiated”, Maori mākona “satisfied, content”)[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ʻono

  1. (stative) delicious, tasty
  2. (transitive) to relish, to crave

Derived terms

  • hōʻono (causative)
  • maʻono (“flavor”)
  • mea ʻono (“dessert, pastry”)
  • ʻonoʻono (reduplication)

Noun

ʻono

  1. flavor

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻono”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 289
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kona.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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