humuhumunukunukuapuaa

See also: humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhumuˌhumuˌnukuˌnukuˌaːpuˈaʔa/ (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (particularly: seems to be copy-pasted from the Hawaiian etymon)

Noun

humuhumunukunukuapuaa (plural humuhumunukunukuapuaas)

1. Either of two species, Rhinecanthus aculeatus and Rhinecanthus rectangulus, of triggerfishes native to the reefs of Hawaii.
   • 1933, “My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii”, Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, Johnny Noble (music):

     I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii / Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming by

Synonyms

• reef triggerfish

Translations

either of two species of triggerfish

• Amharic: ሁሙሁሙኑኩኑኩኣፑኣዓ (humuhumunukunukuʾapuʾaʿa)
• Finnish: kiilasäppikala
• French: baliste écharpe m
• German: Diamant-Picassodrücker m
• Hawaiian: humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa
• Hungarian: ékfoltos Picasso-hal
• Italian: pesce balestra di barriera
• Japanese: フムフムヌクヌクアプアア (fumufumunukunukuapuaa)
• Portuguese: peixe-porco de recife
• Russian: разрисо́ванный Пика́ссо m (razrisóvannyj Pikásso), Пика́ссо прямоуго́льчатый m (Pikásso prjamougólʹčatyj)
• Spanish: ballesta de arrecife

Further reading

• reef triggerfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia