ʻupu

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#ʻUPUCategory:Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#ʻUPU *kupu (“node”), from Proto-OceanicCategory:Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#ʻUPUCategory:Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#ʻUPU *puku via metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ʻUPUCategory:Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ʻUPU *bukuh.[1][2][3] Senses related to logic evolved from a lost early sense of “word, segments of speech” by metaphorical comparison with culms of bamboo (as is present meaning of Samoan ʻupu and Māori kupu) before broadening.[4]

Noun

ʻupuCategory:Hawaiian lemmas#ʻUPUCategory:Hawaiian nouns#ʻUPUCategory:Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header#ʻUPUCategory:Pages with entries#ʻUPUCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ʻUPU

  1. thought
  2. recollection
  3. desire, attachment
  4. hope, expectation

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ʻupu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 373
  2. ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kupu.1a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  3. ↑ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎, volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 85–6
  4. ↑ “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo‎, Benson Family Trust, 2023

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#ʻUPUCategory:Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#ʻUPU *kupu (“node”)), from Proto-OceanicCategory:Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#ʻUPUCategory:Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#ʻUPU *puku via metathesis, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ʻUPUCategory:Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ʻUPU *bukuh.[1][2] Originated as "word" comes from metaphorical comparison of segments of speech with culms of bamboo.[3]

Noun

ʻupuCategory:Samoan lemmas#ʻUPUCategory:Samoan nouns#ʻUPUCategory:Samoan entries with incorrect language header#ʻUPUCategory:Pages with entries#ʻUPUCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ʻUPU

  1. word, speech

References

  1. ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kupu.1a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  2. ↑ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎, volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 85–6
  3. ↑ “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo‎, Benson Family Trust, 2023
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