Pōniuāʻena

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Poniuaena, Poniua'ena

Etymology

Coined from Hawaiian pōniu (“spin, whirl”) + ā (“until”) + ʻena (“red-hot, glowing”), evoking the unseen spinning source of creation, surrounded by brilliance.

Pronunciation

• (Hawaiian) IPA^(key): /poːˌni̯u.aːˈʔe.na/, [poːˌnju.waːˈʔɛ.nə]

Proper noun

Pōniuāʻena

1. (astronomy) J1007+2115, a quasar, the most distant known when discovered, with a redshift 7.515 and a central black hole of 1.5 billion solar masses.

Synonyms

• J100758.264+211529.207
• J1007+2115