votaha
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *potak (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətak, from Proto-Austronesian *bətak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βotaɣa/
Verb
votaha
- to cut
- to slaughter
Derived terms
- votavotahanga (“slaughter”)
Further reading
- Sarah Elizabeth Byrne, A practice-centred approach to Uneapa Island's archaeology in a long-term context (2008). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). Ph.D. dissertation. University College London.