ʻaʻā

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See also: 'a'ā, and Appendix:Variations of "aa"

Hawaiian

FWOTD – 16 November 2012

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kakaha (“to burn”) (compare with Maori kakā, Tongan kakaha and Samoan ʻaʻasa) from Proto-Polynesian *kaha (“to burn”) (compare with Hawaiian ʻā, Rapa Nui kā).[1]

Glowing ʻaʻā flow front advancing over pāhoehoe on the coastal plain of Kilauea in Hawaiʻi, United States.

Noun

ʻaʻā

  1. aa, a type of lava
  2. (figuratively) fury
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: aa
  • French: aa

Verb

ʻaʻā

  1. (intransitive) to burn, glow
  2. (stative) to be covered in lava, to be stony
  3. (stative, figuratively) to be angry
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

ʻaʻā

  1. young damselfish

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ka-kaha”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻaʻā”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
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