ꞌuru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uru"

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian ʻuru. Related to Hawaiian ʻulu and Māori kuru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔuɾu/
  • Rhymes: -uɾu
  • Hyphenation: ꞌu‧ru

Noun

ꞌuru

  1. breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)

References

  • “ꞌuru”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29
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