nānā
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nana"
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naːˈnaː/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from "nanny"?”)
Noun
nānā
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something” – compare with Maori nānā, Rarotongan nānā and Tahitian nānā).[1][2]
Verb
nānā
Derived terms
- nānā ao (“forecaster”)
- nānālā (“sunflower”)
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “naa-naa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “nānā”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 260
Maori
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naː.naː/, [nɑː.nɑː]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something” – compare with Rarotongan nānā “to raise one's eyes, to look or glance at something” and Tahitian nānā);[1][2] doublet of nana.
Verb
nānā
- to tend carefully, to look after
Derived terms
- whakanānā
Etymology 2
Reduplication of nā “satisfied, content” related to ngā “to take a breath, to be satisfied” and ngāngā “to breath heavily”
Verb
nānā (passive nānāhia or nānāia or nānātia)
Related terms
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “naa-naa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 261