Awai

See also: awai

Marshallese

Alternative forms

  • Awaii

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [ɑwɑːi], (enunciated) [ɑwɑ i]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /ɰæwæɰjij/
  • Bender phonemes: {hawahyiy}

Derived terms

Proper noun

Awai

  1. Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)
  2. Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, between North America and Oceania)

References

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