uhi

See also: UHI

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.hi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qufi (Maori uwhi, Samoan ufi),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare Fijian uvi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare with Malay ubi, Tagalog ube).[2]

Noun

uhi

  1. yam (Dioscorea)
Derived terms
  • uhi hoʻonohonoho (“variety of yam with red skin and white flesh”)
  • uhi kalakoa (“variety of yam having a tuber with mottled red and white skin and white flesh”)
  • uhi keʻokeʻo (“variety of yam having a tuber with white flesh and skin”)
  • uhi laha (“variety of yam with white flesh”)
  • uhi lehua (“variety of yam having a tuber with pink flesh”)
  • uhi Niʻihau (“variety of yam having a tuber with pink skin”)
  • uhi poni (“variety of yam having a tuber with red skin and red and white flesh”)
  • uhi ʻālela (“white yam”)
  • uhi ʻuala (“variety of yam having a tuber like a sweet potato”)
  • uhi ʻula (“variety of yam having a tuber with pink flesh”)
  • uhi ʻulaʻula (“variety of yam having a tuber with pink flesh”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qufi[3][1]

Noun

uhi

  1. covering, veil
  2. solid-ink tattoo
  3. tent
Usage notes

According to the Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, this word, in the sense of 'solid tattoo', may specifically refer to an ornamental marking on the skin made by the gall of a raw shellfish.

Derived terms
  • kākau uhi (“to tattoo with solid ink”)
  • uhia (“covering”)

Verb

uhi

  1. (transitive) to cover, conceal, spread
  2. (transitive) to overwhelm
    Ua uhi ʻia kō lāua mau manaʻo i ke aloha.
    Their thoughts were overwhelmed with love.
  3. (figuratively) to hide the truth, deceive
  4. (transitive, of a feather cloak) to don
  5. (transitive, of a bed) to make
Derived terms
  • hoʻouhi (“to cover”)

Etymology 3

Noun

uhi

  1. large bluish-brown birthmark

Etymology 4

Noun

uhi

  1. oyster
  2. mother-of-pearl shank

Etymology 5

Noun

uhi

  1. turtle shell used for scraping olonā fibre

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “uhi”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 364
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qufi.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qufi.3”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Kapingamarangi

Noun

uhi

  1. (anatomy) nose

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qufi (compare with Hawaiian uhi, Samoan ufi), from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare with Fijian uvi),[1][2] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare with Malay ubi, Tagalog ube). Doublet of uwhi.

Noun

uhi

  1. yam (Dioscorea)

Etymology 2

Noun

uhi

  1. a chisel-like tool used to puncture Maori tattoos (moko)

See also

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 573
  2. ^ “Qufi ~ Uwhi, Uhi”, in Te Māra Reo‎[2], Benson Family Trust, 2023

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *uhis (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔu.hi/

Verb

uhi

  1. (intransitive) to stream, to flow
    ongo uhi ― tears flowed

Conjugation

Conjugation of uhi
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person touhi fouhi miuhi
2nd person nouhi niuhi
3rd
person 		masculine ouhi iuhi
youhi (archaic)
feminine mouhi
neuter iuhi

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (“purple yam”).

Noun

uhi

  1. sweet potato (Manihot utilissima)
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