ʻaui

See also: AUI

Hawaiian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔau̯.i/, [ˈʔɐw.wi], [ˈʔɔw.wi] (rapid speech)

Verb

ʻaui(intransitive)

  1. to turn aside, to deviate
  2. to bend down, to decline
  3. (of the sea) to roll, to pitch

Derived terms

  • ʻauina (“decline”)
  • hōʻaui (causative)

Noun

ʻaui

  1. swell, roller
  2. (rare) declension; case

Derived terms

  • ʻaui ʻale (“billow”)

Further reading

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

Adjective

ʻaui

  1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

References

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