katu iʻi

Rarotongan

Etymology

From katu (“lump”) +‎ iʻi (“Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagifer)”) – compare Tahitian māpē for a similar analogy.[1]

Noun

katu iʻi

  1. kidney

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2016), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 193
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