pōʻai

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pookai (“to coil, to wrap up”)[1]. (Cognate with Maori pokai and Tahitian pōʻai)[2][3] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

pōʻai(intransitive)

  1. to coil up
  2. to encircle
  3. to go around, to circulate
  4. to orbit

Derived terms

  • hoʻopōʻai (causative)
  • pōʻai haele (“circumnavigate”, verb)
  • pōʻai puni (“travel around”, verb)

Noun

pōʻai

  1. circle
    Synonym: pōʻaha
  2. circuit
  3. hoop
  4. girdle
  5. group (of friends etc)
  6. domain, sphere of activity
    pōʻai noʻonoʻo ― cognitive domain

Derived terms

  • pōʻai hapalua (“semicircle”)
  • pōʻai lōʻihi (“ellipse”)
  • pōʻailani (“horizon”)
  • pōʻailewa
  • pōʻaiʻai (reduplicated form)
  • pōhai

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pookai”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “pōʻai”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 333
  3. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pookai”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pookai (compare with Hawaiian pōʻai and Maori pokai)[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pōʻai

  1. ball or spool (of thread)

References

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

Further reading

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