waiwai
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly a reduplication of wai (“fresh water”); more likely, a reduplication of wai, a rare form of waiho (“to leave, deposit”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
waiwai
References edit
- Elbert, Samuel H.; Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 67