ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo

Hawaiian

Etymology

ʻāina (“land”) +‎ ʻōmaʻomaʻo (“green”), a calque of English Greenland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːi.na ʔoː.ma.ʔoˈma.ʔo/, [ˈʔaːi.nə ʔoː.mə.ʔoˈmɐ.ʔo]

Proper noun

ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Verb

ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo

1. (stative) Greenlandic