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Rapa Nui

noun
Definitions
  • path a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians
  • path a course taken
  • path a metaphorical course
  • path a method or direction of proceeding
  • road a way for travel
  • road a path in life
  • street paved part of road in a village or a town
  • track beaten path
  • track course, way
  • track path or course laid out for a race or exercise
  • track permanent way, the rails
  • way wide path

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *sala inherited from Proto-Oceanic *salan inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan (path) inherited from Proto-Austronesian *zalan (path).

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*zalan

Gloss

path

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

道, 路

Emoji

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