hiku

Esperanto

Verb

hiku

  1. imperative of hiki

Hawaiian

Hawaiian numbers (edit)
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Base form: hiku
    Cardinal: ʻehiku
    Ordinal: hiku
    Distributive: pāhiku
    Fractional: hapahiku

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhi.ku/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *fitu, from Proto-Oceanic *pitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitu, from Proto-Austronesian *pitu.

Numeral

hiku

  1. seven, seventh
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hiku

  1. to pick (as a ukulele or guitar)

Japanese

Romanization

hiku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひく

Maori

Etymology

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

Noun

hiku

  1. tail
  2. rear, end
  3. apex (of a leaf)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 68
  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

Further reading

  • “hiku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Noun

hiku

  1. (anatomy) tail
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