humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

See also: humuhumu-nukunuku-apuaʻa

Hawaiian

FWOTD – 19 October 2012

Etymology

Compound of humuhumu (“triggerfish”) +‎ nuku (“snout”) +‎ nuku (“blunt”) +‎ ā (conjunction between two adjectives) +‎ puaʻa (“pig; pig-like”) = “triggerfish with a snout that is blunt and pig-like”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˌhumuˌhumuˌnukuˌnukuˌwaːpuˈwɐʔə]

Noun

humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

reef triggerfish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa
- 1998, He Moʻolelo No Kamapuaʻa, G.W. Kahiolo, page 15:
  Ko ia nei heleāiʻa akula nō ia ma ke kino humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa a hiki kēia i Molokaʻi.
  He swam away very quickly in his fish form as a reef triggerfish until he finally reached Molokai.

References

1865, Lorrin Andrews, A Dictionary of the Hawaiian language, page 225
1986, Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, →ISBN, page 91

单词	humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa
释义	humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa See also: humuhumu-nukunuku-apuaʻa Hawaiian FWOTD – 19 October 2012 humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa Etymology Compound of humuhumu (“triggerfish”) +‎ nuku (“snout”) +‎ nuku (“blunt”) +‎ ā (conjunction between two adjectives) +‎ puaʻa (“pig; pig-like”) = “triggerfish with a snout that is blunt and pig-like”. Pronunciation IPA^(key): [ˌhumuˌhumuˌnukuˌnukuˌwaːpuˈwɐʔə] Noun humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa reef triggerfish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa 1998, He Moʻolelo No Kamapuaʻa, G.W. Kahiolo, page 15: Ko ia nei heleāiʻa akula nō ia ma ke kino humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa a hiki kēia i Molokaʻi. He swam away very quickly in his fish form as a reef triggerfish until he finally reached Molokai. References 1865, Lorrin Andrews, A Dictionary of the Hawaiian language, page 225 1986, Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, →ISBN, page 91
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