Common name | Awa'awa |
Language | Hawaiian |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Hawaii |
Locality | |
Ref. | Tinker, S.W., 1978 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | As per reference 26145: When prononcing Hawaiian words, every vowel is sounded. As such, Awa'awa by syllable is A-wa-'a-w-a. The punctuation mark ( ' ) in a Hawaiian word denotes the glottal stop, a common feature of Polynesian languages. It indicates a brief pause at this point in the pronunciation of a word. At one time in the past there was a consonant where the glottal stop now occurs. |