kaʻa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kaa"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ʔa/, [ˈkɐ.ʔə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *taka (compare with Maori taka (“to fall off, to turn or wind round”), Tahitian taʻa (“to tumble”), Tongan taka (“to wander, to roam”), Samoan taʻa (“to wander, to roam”)).[1][2]

Noun

kaʻa

  1. car (automobile)
    Synonym: ʻokomopila
  2. cart, buggy
  3. vehicle

Verb

kaʻa(intransitive)

  1. to roll, revolve
  2. to turn, twist
    Synonym: wili
  3. to pass (go past)
  4. to reach
  5. (figurative) to take effect

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kaʻa

  1. (intransitive) to pay
    Ua kaʻa ka ʻaiʻē.
    The debt is paid.
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “taka.1a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kaʻa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 106
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