waiwai
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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