hoʻopālua

Hawaiian

Etymology

From hoʻo- (causative prefix) +‎ pālua (“two by two, doubled”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ho.ʔo.paːˈlu.a/, [ho.ʔo.paːˈlu.wə]

Verb

hoʻopālua(transitive)

  1. to double
  2. (linguistics) to reduplicate
  3. to cut in two, to halve

Further reading

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