loʻi

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loki (“enclosed area”), from Proto-Oceanic *logi (“partitioned area”). Cognate with Tahitian roʻi “bed”, Tongan loki and Samoan loʻi “room”[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlo.ʔi/

Noun

loʻi

  1. irrigated taro pond
  2. paddy, irrigated field for growing rice

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “loki”, 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 57
  3. ^ Kirch, Patrick V., Lepofsky, Dana (January 1993) “Polynesian Irrigation: Archaeological and Linguistic Evidence for Origins and Development”, in Asian Perspectives, volume 32, number 2, pages 192-5
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