mauli

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maquri (compare with Maori mauri, Samoan mauli, Tongan moʻui)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip (compare with Javanese urip, Iban idup and Malay hidup “to live”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmau̯.li/, [ˈmɐw.li], [ˈmɔw.li] (rapid speech)

Noun

mauli

  1. life
    mauli hiwa
    choice or precious life
  2. heart (seat of life)
  3. spirit, ghost
    Ā lele nui nā mauli o ua poʻe nei.
    The spirits of these people have flown away together.

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mauli”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 242
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maquri”, 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 201-2

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

  • mawli

Noun

mauli

  1. south
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