huaʻi

See also: huai

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

Probably from hū (“to rise [of dough], to gush, to surge or rise to the surface”) with influence of puaʻi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

huaʻi

  1. to bubble up
  2. to churn water (of propellers)

Derived terms

  • huahuaʻi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *suaki (compare with Māori huaki, Rarotongan ‘uaki and Tahitian hua‘i)[1]

Verb

huaʻi

  1. to uncover something
    1. to open a lid, an oven etc
  2. to disinter or exhume from a grave
  3. to disclose or reveal

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “suaki”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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