wahawaha

'Are'are

Noun

wahawaha

1. cloud

Synonyms

• wawaha

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of waha from Proto-Polynesian *waha (compare with Hawaiian waha, Rapa Nui haha, and Tahitian vaha)^[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (compare Samoan fafa) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba₁ (compare with Malay bawa (“to carry, to bring (in general)”), Tagalog babá (“to piggyback”))^[3]

Verb

wahawaha

1. to carry on one's back

Related terms

• waha

References

1. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 586-7
2. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “waha.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
3. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fafa.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

• “wahawaha” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.