ma'ikuku

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *maqi-kuku. Cognates include Hawaiian māiʻuʻu and Maori maikuku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌma.ʔi.ˈku.ku/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧'i‧ku‧ku

Noun

ma'ikuku

  1. claw, nail

Synonyms

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 199
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