ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai
Hawaiian
Etymology
From ʻahaʻōlelo (“assembly”) + kau (“to enact”) + kānāwai (“law”)
Noun
- legislature (lawmaking body)
Derived terms
- Ka ʻAhaʻōlelo kau kānāwai o ka Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi (“Hawai'i State Legislature”)
Related terms
- ʻaha kau kānāwai (“legislative session”)
Further reading
- kau kānāwai ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.