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Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
ʻāʻā
- dumbness
- idiot, stupid person
- (of speech) incomprehensibility
Verb
ʻāʻā
- to stutter
- (stative) dumb, silent
- (stative) unintelligible
Ua ʻāʻā ka leo.- The voice is unintelligible.
Etymology 2
Noun
ʻāʻā
- dwarf, small person
Verb
ʻāʻā
- (stative) dwarfish, small
Etymology 3
Verb
ʻāʻā
- (stative) demented
- (stative) panicked
Derived terms
- hōʻāʻā (“to search in confusion”)
Etymology 4
Noun
ʻāʻā
- alternative form of ʻā (“booby”)
Etymology 5
From Proto-Oceanic *ka(a)kaa (“kind of parrot”). Compare Tahitian ʻaʻā, Maori kākā.
Noun
ʻāʻā
- male oo bird
See also
References
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻāʻā”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “KAAKAA.1A”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online