unahi

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Oceanic *qunap ~ *qunapi (compare with Māori unahi, Rarotongan unaʻi, Samoan unafi) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quhənap from Proto-Austronesian *quSəNap; doublet of una. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈna.hi/, [uˈnɐ.hi] === Noun === unahi scale, flake John Smith Emerson; Artemas Bishop (1845), He hoakakaolelo no na huaolelo Beritania, i mea kokua i na kanaka Hawaii e ao ana ia olelo‎[1], page 59 flaky: ano unahi === References === == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Oceanic *qunapi (compare with Rarotongan unaʻi and 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 === unahi scale, small fragment covering skin of a fish ==== Descendants ==== Māori: inohi === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “unahi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 548 “unahi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.