ariari

Māori

Etymology

Reduplication of ari from Proto-Polynesian *qali₁ (compare with Hawaiian aliali “crystal clear” and aniani “glass”; Tahitian ariari “clear, transparent”; Samoan aliali “to appear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈriari/ [ɐˈɾiɐɾi]

Adjective

ariari

1. clear, visible

   Synonym: puata

2. gleaming

   Synonyms: kawata, kowata, kōwatawata

3. undisturbed

   Synonym: piropiro

4. bare, stripped (of trees etc)

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ariari”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 18–9
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “ariari”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Rotokas

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin anian, from English onion.

Noun

ariari

1. onion

References

• Firchow, Irwin; Firchow, Jacqueline; Akoitai, David (1973), Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 7