mele pāleoleo

Hawaiian

Etymology

Compound of mele (“song”) +‎ pāleoleo (“rap”); pāleoleo itself from pā (“to hit, to blow, rebuke”) +‎ leoleo (“to speak vociferously, to converse”) or reduplication of pāleo “to converse, to chat, to talk” (compare with Maori reoreo “conversation”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.le paː.le.oˈle.o/, [ˈmɛ.lɛ paː.le.joˈlɛ.jo]

Noun

mele pāleoleo

  1. rap, hip-hop, form of popular music performed with rhythmical singing (rapping) of lyrics
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.