ʻā-

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps a variation of ʻō-, from Proto-Central Eastern Polynesian *koo-.

Prefix

ʻā-

  1. simulative prefix, -like; -ish
    ‎ʻā- + ‎wela (“burned”) → ‎ʻāwela (“heated”)
    ‎ʻā- + ‎oʻo (“mature”) → ‎ʻāoʻo (“elderly, middle-aged”)
    ‎ʻā- + ‎lua (“hole”) → ‎ʻālualua (“full of holes”)

Derived terms

Hawaiian terms prefixed with ʻā-
ʻālualua
ʻaholo

Further reading

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