poʻo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "poo"

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu-poko (compare with Tahitian poʻo and Maori upoko)[1][2] suffixed from *qulu (compare with Maori uru (“head”)), from Proto-Oceanic *qulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu (compare with Malay hulu, Tagalog ulo) from Proto-Austronesian *quluh (“head”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.ʔo/

Noun

poʻo

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. summit
  3. director

Derived terms

  • hoʻopoʻo
  • poʻo kumu
  • poʻo lua
  • poʻo ʻole
  • poʻokiʻi
  • pōʻōlelo

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “poʻo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 341
  2. ^ Wilson, William H. (December 2012) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎[1], volume 51, number 2, pages 306-7
  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 101-2
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