pīnohi

Maori

Etymology

Cognate of Rarotongan pīngo‘i and piringo‘i “to pick out with tongs”; related to Tongan kofi and Samoan iʻofi “ibid.” both from Proto-Polynesian *kapi “to hold firmly between” from Proto-Oceanic *kapit “to hold stones or lid of an earth oven” ultimately Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapit.[1]

Noun

pīnohi

  1. tongs
    Synonym: kape

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 148-9
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