tuitui

== English == === Noun === tuitui candlenut == Fijian == === Etymology === From Proto-Oceanic *tuRi-tuRi; cognate with Tongan tuitui and Hawaiian kukui. === Noun === tuitui candlenut tree and fruit, Aleurites moluccana. === References === Gatty, Ronald (2009), “tuitui”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[4], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 277 == Māori == === Etymology === Reduplication of tui, from Proto-Polynesian *tui (“to thread on string”), from Proto-Central Pacific *tui, from Proto-Oceanic *tuʀi. The Proto-Polynesian form may also have been influenced by Proto-Oceanic *tuʀi-tuʀi (“candlenut”), in which the canoe plant died out in New Zealand's cold climate; compare the relationship of Tahitian tui and tutuʻi, as well as Hawaiian kui and kukui. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuitui/ [ˈtʉitʉi] === Verb === tuitui to sew ==== Related terms ==== tui === References === === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “tuitui”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Tongan == === Etymology === From Proto-Oceanic *tuRi-tuRi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu.i.tu.i/ === Noun === tuitui candlenut tree and fruit, Aleurites moluccana.