Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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name
A revitalised and relexified form of the Hawaiian language, influenced by the involvement of non-natives in teaching and transmission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person born in Hawaii with mixed ancestry that is only partly Hawaiian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki Hawaiian Hawaiʻibor. English Hawaii Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Hawaiian English Neo-Hawaiian From neo- + Hawaiian.
