ʻūmō

Tahitian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare similarly with Hawaiian umō.

Noun

ʻūmō

  1. moo, characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.

References

Further reading

  • Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
  • “ʻūmō” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
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