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Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
aka- + ʻai (“to eat”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /a.kaˈʔai̯/, [ə.kəˈʔɐj], [ə.kəˈʔɛj] (rapid speech)
akaʻai
- to eat slowly
References[edit]
- Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 74
