ʻanuʻu

Hawaiian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnu.ʔu/, [ʔəˈnu.ʔu]

Noun

ʻanuʻu

1. stairs, steps
2. ledge or terrace (of rocks)
3. sprain, strain (by false step); disjointed vertebra

   Synonym: māui

   1. (figuratively) error, slip-up
4. (historical) tower found in a heiau enclosed with tapa cloth; oracle tower

   Synonym: nuʻu

5. (music) interval between two notes on a musical staff
6. (grammar) degrees of an adjective:

   ʻanuʻu kumu

   basic adjective

   (literally, “bottom degree”)

   ʻanuʻu loa

   comparative degree

   (literally, “long degree”)

   ʻanuʻu waena

   superlative degree

   (literally, “middle degree”)

Derived terms

• ʻanuʻu hana (“step (of solving a problem)”)
• pili ʻanuʻu (“to go up an interval on a musical staff”)

Verb

ʻanuʻu

1. (music) to go up an interval on a musical staff

   Synonym: pili ʻanuʻu

2. (intransitive) to trip, sprain
   1. (figuratively) to jar

See also

• iwi kuamoʻo, kuamoʻo (“backbone”)

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻanuʻu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
• Hawaiian Language Committee, compilers (2003), Māmaka Kaiao: A Modern Hawaiian Vocabulary‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press
• Paul Nahoa Lucas, editor, compiled by Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and University of Hawaiʻi Committee for the Preservation and Study of Hawaiian Language, Art, and Culture (1995), A Dictionary of Hawaiian Legal-Land Terms‎^[2], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN
• ʻanuʻu in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.