pongipongi

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *boŋi-boŋi (“early morning”) (cognates with Samoan pogipogi (“dawn, dusk, twilight”) and Tongan pongipongi (“morning, tomorrow”))[1][2] reduplicate of *boŋi (see pō for more details, also compare with Samoan pogi, Hawaiian poni), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi (compare with Javanese wengi)[3]

Adjective

pongipongi

  1. dim, of low light

Noun

pongipongi

  1. dawn
    Synonym: haeata

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 352
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 310-1
  3. ^ Ibid. pages 305-7.

Further reading

  • “pongipongi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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