kokuli

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqe-tuli (compare with Maori tāturi, Rarotongan tāturi, Tahitian tāturi)[1] combining *taqe + *tuli corresponding to kae kuli “deafening excrement” (compare with Maori taeturi, Tongan teʻetuli) – see also nouns like kūkaenalo “beeswax” (lit. “bee excrement”) and kūkaehao “rust” (lit. “iron muck/excrement”)[2][3]

Noun

kokuli

  1. earwax

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kokuli”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 162
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “taqe-tuli.1”, 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 197-8
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