honu

From Hawaiian honu.

honu (plural honus)

1. A green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.

• houn'

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəNuq.

honu

1. be full

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəNuq.

honu

1. to fill

• Arthur Capell, Arosi grammar (1971)
• Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (2014)

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈho.nu/

honu

1. turtle

   Honu neʻepū ka ʻāina.

   The land moves like the turtle.

2. sea turtle

• → English: honu

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “honu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

honu

1. turtle

   Kitea ai te honu i te whānuitanga atu o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.

   The turtle is found throughout the Pacific Ocean.

• “honu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəNuq.

honu

1. full (as a water pot with water)

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

honu

1. turtle

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

honu

1. turtle

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

honu

1. turtle

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “honu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

honu

1. turtle