āpōpō
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Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *a-popo from Proto-Oceanic *qa-boŋi-boŋi (cognate with Tahitian apopo, Tongan apō)[1][2] affixing *boŋi-boŋi (“early morning”) (cognates with Samoan pogipogi (“dawn, dusk, twilight”) and Tongan pongipongi (“morning, tomorrow”) – doublet of pongipongi “dim, of low light, dawn”)[3] reduplicate of *boŋi thus doublet of pō – see there for more details.[4]
Noun
āpōpō
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 17
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 329-30
- ^ Ibid. pages 310-1.
- ^ Ibid. pages 305-7.