inohi

== Māori == === Etymology === From unahi descendant of Proto-Oceanic *qunapi (compare with Samoan unafi) extension of *qunap (compare with Hawaiian una “shell or carapace of a turtle”, Samoan una “ibid.”, Tongan ʻuno “ibid.”, Fijian una “fish scale”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quhənap from Proto-Austronesian *quSəNap. === Noun === inohi scale, small fragment covering skin of a fish Synonym: unahi === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “inohi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 92 “inohi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.