ānuenue

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aanuanua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nuanua, from Proto-Eastern Oceanic *nua-nua. Compare with Maori āniwaniwa, Tahitian ānuanua, Samoan nuanua.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːˌnu.eˈnu.e/, [aːˌnu.weˈnu.we]

Noun

ānuenue

  1. rainbow

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AA-NUANUA”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ānuenue”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 26
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 148
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