aitu

Maori

noun
Definitions
  • (mythology) atua of disaster and death
  • demons
  • sickness
  • calamity, misery
  • grief, sorrow
  • woe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *qaitu inherited from Proto-Oceanic *qanitu inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*qaNiCu

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