uhi

== Hawaiian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.hi/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *qufi (Māori uwhi, Samoan ufi), from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare Fijian uvi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare with Malay ubi, Tagalog ube). ==== Noun ==== uhi yam (Dioscorea) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Polynesian *qufi ==== Noun ==== uhi covering, veil solid-ink tattoo tent ===== Usage notes ===== According to the Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, this word, in the sense of 'solid tattoo', may specifically refer to an ornamental marking on the skin made by the gall of a raw shellfish. ===== Derived terms ===== kākau uhi (“to tattoo with solid ink”) uhia (“covering”) ==== Verb ==== uhi (transitive) to cover, conceal, spread (transitive) to overwhelm (figuratively) to hide the truth, deceive (transitive, of a feather cloak) to don (transitive, of a bed) to make ===== Derived terms ===== hoʻouhi (“to cover”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== uhi large bluish-brown birthmark === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== uhi oyster mother-of-pearl shank === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== uhi turtle shell used for scraping olonā fibre === References === uhi in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com. == Kapingamarangi == === Noun === uhi (anatomy) nose == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuhi/ [ˈʉhi] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *qufi (compare with Hawaiian uhi, Samoan ufi), from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare with Fijian uvi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare with Malay ubi, Tagalog ube). Doublet of uwhi. ==== Noun ==== uhi yam (Dioscorea) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== uhi a chisel-like tool used to puncture Maori tattoos (moko) === See also === oka uwhi === References === == Ternate == === Etymology === From Proto-North Halmahera *uhis (“to flow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔu.hi/ === Verb === uhi (intransitive) to stream, to flow ongo uhi ― tears flowed ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Tetum == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (“purple yam”). === Noun === uhi sweet potato (Manihot utilissima)