liaʻi

Samoan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *liaki “to cast or throw away,” (compare with Tongan liaki “to cast off, to discard”)[1]

Verb

liaʻi

  1. to whirl or swing around
  2. to twirl (of noodles)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “liaki”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Etymology 2

Compare with Maori riaki “to lift up, to raise”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

liaʻi

  1. to pull up, to uproot
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