lāʻau koʻokoʻo

Hawaiian

Etymology

Compound of lāʻau (“medicine”) +‎ koʻokoʻo (“support; to resist”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːˈʔau̯ ˌko.ʔoˈko.ʔo/, [laːˈʔɐw ˌko.ʔoˈko.ʔo], [laːˈʔɔw ˌko.ʔoˈko.ʔo] (rapid speech)

Noun

lāʻau koʻokoʻo

  1. (immunology) vaccine

Further reading

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