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okina en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /oʊˈkinə/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Hawaiian ʻoki Hawaiian -na Hawaiian ʻokinabor. English okina Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻokina (“cutting off, separation”).

Meanings

  1. The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (ʻ ) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
okinas Number=Plur lexicographic
ʻokina alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

kahakō

Translations (6)

sm koma liliu (Polynesian apostrophe-like letter used to indicate the glottal stop consonant) · rar ʻamata (Polynesian apostrophe-like letter used to indicate the glottal stop consonant) · wls fakamoga (Polynesian apostrophe-like letter used to indicate the glottal stop consonant) · haw ʻokina (Polynesian apostrophe-like letter used to indicate the glottal stop consonant) · to fakauʻa (Polynesian apostrophe-like letter used to indicate the glottal stop consonant) · ty ʻeta (Polynesian apostrophe-like letter used to indicate the glottal stop consonant)