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lauoho

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Compound of lau (“leaf”) +‎ oho (“hair of the head”) – compare also similar constructions in Tahitian rouru and Tongan louʻulu from Proto-Polynesian *lau-qulu combining *rau “leaf” and *qulu “head”.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lau̯ˈo.ho/, [ləwˈo.ho]

Noun

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lauoho

  1. (anatomy) hair (of human head)

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lau-qulu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 93
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