ʻumeke

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kumete (“bowl, mortar”) (compare with Maori kumete, Tahitian ʻumete and Samoan 'umete)[1], from Proto-Eastern Oceanic *kumete "bowl, dish".[2][3]

Noun

ʻumeke

  1. bowl

Derived terms

  • hoʻoʻumeke (causative/simulative)

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻumeke”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 370
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kumete”, 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 (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 370
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