ʻūmō

Tahitian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare similarly with Hawaiian umō.

Noun

ʻūmō

  1. moo, characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.

References

  • Charpentier, Jean-Michel; François, Alexandre (2015), Atlas linguistique de la Polynésie française‎[1], →ISBN, page 2053

Further reading

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