ʻite
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ite"
Tahitian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kite, from Proto-Oceanic *kita, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita (“to see”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻike and Māori kite.[1]
Verb
[edit]ʻite
- to know
Descendants
[edit]- → Rapa Nui: 'ite
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon][2] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
- “ʻite” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Categories:
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tahitian lemmas
- Tahitian verbs
