humuhumunukunukuapuaa
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˌhumuˌhumuˌnukuˌnukuˌaːpuˈaʔa/
Noun [edit]
humuhumunukunukuapuaa (plural humuhumunukunukuapuaas)
- Either of two species, Rhinecanthus aculeatus and Rhinecanthus rectangulus, of triggerfishes native to the reefs of Hawaii.
- 1933, Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison and Johnny Noble, “My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii” (song):
- I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii / Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming by
- 1933, Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison and Johnny Noble, “My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii” (song):
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Translations [edit]
either of two species of triggerfish
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