ꞌate

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qate. Cognates include Hawaiian ake and Māori ate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔate/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: ꞌa‧te

Noun

ꞌate

  1. liver
  2. (figurative) affection

References

  • “ꞌate”, 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 205
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 526
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