ʻope

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kope (compare with Māori kope),[1][2] maybe related to Rarotongan ʻopa and ʻopaʻopa, Māori kopa “to bend, to fold” ~ whakakopa “to wrap” and kōpaki “ibid.” (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ʻope

  1. anything wrapped or bundled i.e. parcels, packages, etc

Verb

ʻope

  1. to tie in a bundle, to wrap

Derived terms

  • hōʻope

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ʻope”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 291
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kope”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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