votaha

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *potak (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətak, from Proto-Austronesian *bətak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βotaɣa/

Verb

votaha

1. to cut
2. to slaughter

Derived terms

• votavotahanga (“slaughter”)

Further reading

• Sarah Elizabeth Byrne, A practice-centred approach to Uneapa Island's archaeology in a long-term context (2008). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). Ph.D. dissertation. University College London.