akemāmā

Hawaiian

Etymology

From ake (“liver > any organ[1]”) +‎ māmā (“light; nimble”) in reference to its alveoli – compare with Rarotongan atemāmā and Samoan māmā[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ke.maːˈmaː/, [ə.ke.maːˈmaː]

Noun

akemāmā

  1. (anatomy) lung

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 189
  2. ^ ibid., pp. 183-4.

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