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Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
hoʻo- + ʻai (“to eat”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /hoːˈʔai̯/, [hoːˈʔɐj], [hoːˈʔɛj] (rapid speech)
hōʻai
- (causative) to feed; to give to someone to eat
References[edit]
- Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 77
