aitua

Maori

Noun

aitua

1. accident, bad luck

Tokelauan

Etymology

From aitu (“ghost”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.i.ˈtu.a]
• Hyphenation: a‧i‧tu‧a

Verb

aitua

1. (stative) to be haunted

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 2