ʻaʻā

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

Hawaiian

FWOTD – 16 November 2012

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈʔaː/, [ʔəˈʔaː]

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]

Noun

ʻaʻā

  1. aa, a type of lava
  2. (figuratively) fury
Derived terms
  • ʻaʻaʻā (“lava cave”)
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”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻaʻā”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
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