ʻumiʻumi
/ ʻumi.ʻumi /1. n., Whiskers, beard, goatee, mustache; tendril; barbel or feelers on lower jaw of a fish; suckers that fasten bivalves such as the nahawele to rocks; rope used for hauling unfinished canoe hull from the forest to the shore.
- Examples:
- Ē! ʻumiʻumi kao! Say! Goat's beard! [a taunt of one child to another child who has been scolded, sometimes accompanied by goat-like bleating and tugging on an imaginary beard].
- References:
- PPN kumikumi.
2. Reduplication of ʻumi #1.
- References:
- Possibly PNP kumikumi, PCP kumikumi.
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