ʻaʻa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aa"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔa.ʔa/, [ˈʔɐ.ʔə]

Etymology 1

Verb

ʻaʻa

  1. to brave, challenge, defy
  2. to venture
  3. to accept a challenge
  4. to act wickedly
  5. (stative) to be bold, brave, adventurous
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

ʻaʻa

  1. belt, waist

Verb

ʻaʻa

  1. to tie on

Etymology 3

From Proto-Oceanic *kaka (“young coconut frond; coconut leaf sheath”) – compare with Maori kaka, Rarotongan kaka, Tahitian ʻaʻa, and Samoan ʻaʻa.[1][2] For sense of cloth and bag, see also parallel in Malay kain meaning both “fabric, cloth” and “clothing”.

Noun

ʻaʻa

  1. clothlike sheath on the bottom of a coconut leaf frond
  2. fiber from a coconut husk
    Synonym: pulu
  3. cloth
  4. pocket, bag
    Synonym: ʻeke
  5. caul
  6. eyelid
  7. chaff

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻaʻa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 1
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 384-5

Etymology 4

Noun

ʻaʻa

  2. alternative form of ʻā (“booby”)

Etymology 5

Noun

ʻaʻa

  2. alternative form of Maʻaʻa (“wind current in Lahaina”)

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻaʻa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
  • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “KAKA.1A”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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