ʻiʻo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "io"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔi.ʔo/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kiko (“flesh”). Cognate with Maori kiko.

Noun

ʻiʻo

  1. flesh
  2. meat
  3. flesh and blood
  4. muscle
  5. essence, substance
Derived terms
  • ʻiʻo pale niho (“gums”)
  • ʻiʻo pono (“blood relative”)
  • ʻiʻo puaʻa (“pork”)
  • ʻiʻo ʻole (“negative value”)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from the preceding.

Verb

ʻiʻo

  1. (stative) true, genuine
Derived terms
  • hanaʻiʻo (“to really do something”, verb)
  • kō ʻiʻo (“accomplished”)
  • ʻoiaʻiʻo (“true”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ʻiʻo

  1. grain of wood

Etymology 4

Verb

ʻiʻo

  1. (stative, mathematics) positive

Further reading

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