naʻau

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋaakau; compare with Maori ngākau (“bowels, heart”), Tahitian ʻāʻau (“bowels, heart, conscience, soul”), Tongan ngākau (“intestines”) and Samoan gāʻau (“entrails, penis”).[1][2]

Noun

naʻau

  1. (anatomy) guts, intestines
  2. mind, heart

Derived terms
  • naʻaukake (“sausage”)
  • naʻauao (“intelligence, knowledge”)
  • naʻaupō (“ignorance”)

References
  1. Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “naʻau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 257
  2. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “gaakau”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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