pōpō

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *popo, from Proto-Central Pacific *poo-poo, likely a reduplication of an extension of Proto-Oceanic *posi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *popəs, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pəpəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəspəs (“to press out”). Cognates include Māori pōpō (“to knead, to pat gently”), Rarotongan pōpō (“to knead”) and Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”). See also Māori poi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poːˈpoː/ === Noun === pōpō ball, wad Synonym: pōkaʻa loaf (of bread) bunch, cluster (of flowers etc) === Verb === pōpō to ball up, to bunch something into a wad ==== Derived terms ==== kinipōpō (“ball game”) hoʻopōpō (“to shape or wad into a ball”) === References === Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “pōpō”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 342 === Further reading === pōpō in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com. == Japanese == === Romanization === pōpō Rōmaji transcription of ポーポー == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *popo, from Proto-Central Pacific *poo-poo, likely a reduplication of an extension of Proto-Oceanic *posi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *popəs, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pəpəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəspəs (“to press out”). Cognates include Hawaiian pōpō (“ball, wad, loaf; to ball up”), Rarotongan pōpō (“to knead”) and Tahitian pōpō (“ball, bubble”). See also passive form pōpōhia and related poi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoːpoː/ [ˈpoːpoː] === Verb === pōpō (passive pōpōhia) to knead Synonym: poi to stir Synonyms: natu, ranu to pat, to stroke gently with the hand === References === === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “pōpō”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Tahitian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *poo-poo (compare with Hawaiian pōpō (“ball, wad”), Māori pōpō (“to knead”)). === Noun === pōpō ball (in sports) bubble === Verb === pōpō to pat, to stroke gently with the hand === References === === Further reading === Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[5] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN “pōpō” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.