ʻaui

See also: 'aui

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

Adjective

ʻaui

left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

References

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

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