ʻawaʻawa
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of ʻawa from Proto-Polynesian *kawa (compare with Tahitian ʻawaʻawa, Maori kawa and Samoan ʻaʻava).[1][2][3] Doublet of ʻawa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ʻawaʻawa
Derived terms
[edit]- wī ʻawaʻawa (“tamarind”)
- pānini ʻawaʻawa (“aloe vera”)
References
[edit]- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻawaʻawa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary[1], revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 34
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kawa.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ “Kava ~ Kavakava”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden[2], Benton Family Trust, 2022