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Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pā- + wai (“water”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /paːˈwai̯/, [paːˈʋɐj], [paːˈʋɛj] (rapid speech)
pāwai
- to have water
References[edit]
- Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 72