ꞌarero

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qalelo. Cognates include Hawaiian alelo and Māori arero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈɾeɾo/
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Hyphenation: ꞌa‧re‧ro

Noun

ꞌarero

  1. tongue

References

  • “ꞌarero”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 207
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 350
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