hiʻu

See also: hiu

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *siku (“extremity, tail, end”) (compare with Tahitian hiʻu, Maori hiku, Tongan hiku)[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku (“elbow”) (compare with Malay siku, Tagalog siko both “elbow”)[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhi.ʔu/

Noun

hiʻu

  1. fish tail

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hiʻu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 72
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “siku.b”, 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, pages 175-6

Tahitian

Noun

hiʻu

  1. fish tail
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