ʻō

See also: ʻō-, ʻo, and Appendix:Variations of "o"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔoː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *koho (compare with Maori kō and Samoan ʻoso)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kojom (“husking stick”).[2][3] Doublet of ʻōʻō.

Noun

ʻō

  1. special planted stick for husking coconuts
  2. pin, spear, any piercing instrument
  3. fork

Verb

ʻō(transitive)

  1. to pierce, to stab
  2. to vaccinate
  3. to thrust
  4. to dip in, to fall into
  5. (of lightning) to flash
Derived terms
  • hoʻō (causative)
  • ʻō ʻana (“flash”)
  • ʻōahi (“rocket”)
  • ʻōʻō (reduplicated form)

Etymology 2

From English.

Noun

ʻō

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ʻōʻō”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 274
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “koho”, 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, page 167

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *koho (compare with Hawaiian ʻōʻō, Maori kō and Samoan ʻoso) from Proto-Oceanic *kojom (“husking stick”).[1][2]

Noun

ʻō

  1. spade, digging stick

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “koho”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 167

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