ʻaʻā

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Hawaiian [edit]

FWOTD - 16 November 2012

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ʔaˈʔaː]
Glowing ʻaʻā flow front advancing over pāhoehoe on the coastal plain of Kilauea in Hawaiʻi, United States.

Noun [edit]

ʻaʻā

  1. aa, a type of lava.

Descendants [edit]

  • English: aa

Verb [edit]

ʻaʻā

  1. (intransitive) to burn, glow
  2. (stative) to be covered in lava, to be stony

Derived terms [edit]

References [edit]

  • 2003, Hawaiian Dictionary (Pukui/Elbert Dictionary), University of Hawaiʻi Press, Entry "ʻaʻā"
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