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Esperanto

Verb

hiku

imperative of hiki

Hawaiian

**Hawaiian numbers ^(edit)**
← 6	7	8 →
Base form: hiku Cardinal: ʻehiku Ordinal: hiku Distributive: pāhiku Fractional: hapahiku

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhi.ku/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *fitu, from Proto-Oceanic *pitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitu, from Proto-Austronesian *pitu.

Numeral

hiku

seven, seventh

Related terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hiku

to pick (as a ukulele or guitar)

Japanese

Romanization

hiku

Rōmaji transcription of ひく

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *siku (“extremity, tail, end”) (compare with Tahitian hiʻu, Tongan hiku)^[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku (“elbow”) (compare with Malay siku (“elbow”))^[2]^[3]

Noun

hiku

tail
rear, end
apex (of a leaf)

Derived terms

hikuhiku
kihukihu

References

[1]
Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 68
[2]
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “siku.b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
[3]
Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 175-6

Further reading

“hiku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Noun

hiku

(anatomy) tail

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