piapia

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *piapia, from Proto-Polynesian *pia, from Proto-Oceanic *biʀaq, *biʀas.

• IPA^(key): /pi.aˈpi.a/, [pijəˈpijə]

piapia

1. the encrusted white matter in the eyes, as from sleeping or from sore eyes, "sand" in the eyes;
2. an abusive epithet applied to one who was unwashed, said to refer to genitals

• makapiapia

• “piapia” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *piapia, from Proto-Polynesian *pia, from Proto-Oceanic *biʀaq, *biʀas.

• IPA^(key): /pi.a.pi.a/, [pi.ɐ.pi.ɐ]

piapia

1. viscid; glairy

• “piapia” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.