ʻaiā

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kaihaqa, from *kai (“eat; food”) and *haqa (“forbidden”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʔai̯ˈaː/, [ˌʔɐjˈjaː], [ˌʔɛjˈjaː] (rapid speech)

Verb

ʻaiā(stative)

  1. ungodly, godless
  2. irreligious, inobservant, heedless of taboos
  3. wicked

Derived terms

Noun

ʻaiā

  1. wickedness

Further reading

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