aalii

English

aalii (Dodonaea viscosa)

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻaʻaliʻi (“name of any of the hardwood shrubs of the genus Dodonaea”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈliːiː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑˈliˌi/

Noun

aalii (plural aaliis)

1. A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.

Synonyms

• akeake (New Zealand)

Translations

Dodonaea viscosa

• Chamorro: lampuaye
• Hawaiian: ʻaʻaliʻi, ʻaʻaliʻi-ku ma kua, ʻaʻaliʻi ku makani
• Maori: akeake
• Palauan: mesechelangel
• Somali: xayramad
• Spanish: chirca f
• Tamil: விராலி (ta) (virāli)

References

• Dodonaea viscosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “aalii”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 1.
• Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 1