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