ninaninau

Hawaiian

Etymology

Reduplication of nīnau (“to ask”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌni.na.niˈnau̯/, [ˌni.nə.niˈnɐw], [ˌni.nə.niˈnɔw] (rapid speech)

Verb

ninaninau

  1. to interrogate, ask questions repeatedly
  2. for many people to ask questions

References

  • Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 66
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