tuitui

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tuRi-tuRi; cognate with Tongan tuitui and Hawaiian kukui.

Noun

tuitui

  1. candlenut tree and fruit, Aleurites moluccana.

References

  • Gatty, Ronald (2009) “tuitui”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 277

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of tui from Proto-Polynesian *tui (“to thread on string”)[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *tuRi₁ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhuR (“to string together”) (compare with Tagalog tuhog).[2][3] Proto-Polynesian form might also be influenced by Proto-Oceanic *tuRi-tuRi (“candlenut”), in which the canoe plant died out in New Zealand's cold climate – compare relationship of Tahitian tui and tutuʻi, Hawaiian kui and kukui.[4]

Verb

tuitui

  1. to sew

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 546-7
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tui”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 263-4
  4. ^ Whistler, Art (June 2011) “Plants of the Canoe People”, in Lucy Cranwell Lecture for 2011‎[2], pages 6-7

Further reading

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

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tuRi-tuRi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu.i.tu.i/

Noun

tuitui

  1. candlenut tree and fruit, Aleurites moluccana.
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