'ui
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ui"
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *quhi. Cognates include Hawaiian ui and Maori ui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔu.i/
- Hyphenation: 'u‧i
Verb
'ui
- (transitive) to ask
References
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 14
- “'ui”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29