ninaninau

Hawaiian

Etymology

Reduplication of nīnau (“to ask”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌni.na.niˈnau̯/, [ˌni.nə.niˈnɐw], [ˌni.nə.niˈnɔw] (rapid speech)

Verb

ninaninau

1. to interrogate, ask questions repeatedly
2. for many people to ask questions

References

• Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 66