liʻi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lii"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.ʔi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *riki (“small” – compare with Maori riki, Tahitian riʻi and riʻi, Tongan iliki and liliki).[1] from Proto-Oceanic *rikit from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dikit (“little, small in amount” – compare with Malay dikit and sedikit “few”).[2][3]

Verb

liʻi

  1. (stative) small, tiny
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “liʻi”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 205
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “riki”, 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, page 65

Etymology 2

Noun

liʻi

  1. short for aliʻi (“chief”)
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