Leleākūhonua

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology

Coined from Hawaiian lele (“fly”) + ā (“until”) + kū (“stand, appear”) + honua (“earth, land”), comparing its orbit to the migration of seabirds and evoke a yearning to return to land / Earth.

Pronunciation

  • (Hawaiian) IPA(key): /le.le.aː.kuː.hoˈnu.a/, [le.le.jaː.kuː.hoˈnu.wə]

Proper noun

Leleākūhonua

  1. (astronomy) (541132) Leleākūhonua, a distant sednoid in the outer reaches of the Solar System

Synonyms

  • 541132 Leleākūhonua
  • 2015 TG387
  • The Goblin
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