ruʻi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rui"

Tahitian

Etymology

Cognate of Tuamotuan ruki “sombre” and Maori ruki “dark”; used to avoid the naming taboo around pō part of king Pōmare I's name.[1]

Noun

ruʻi

  1. (archaic) night
    Synonym: pō

Usage notes

Used only in Tahitian translations of the Bible.

References

  1. ^ White, Ralph Gardner (1968) “Borrowing and Taboo in Eastern Polynesia”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society‎[1], volume 77, number 1, →ISSN, pages 57-73
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