English
humuhumunukunukuapuaa
Humuhumunukunukuapuaa comes from Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa ‘reef triggerfish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa’.
- Hawaiianmodernhumuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa‘reef triggerfish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa’
- Englishearliest quotation 1933humuhumunukunukuapuaa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hawaiianmodernhumuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa‘reef triggerfish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa’
- Englishearliest quotation 1933humuhumunukunukuapuaa
Earliest quotation: 1933, My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii: “I want to go back to my little grass…”
A compound of humuhumu ‘triggerfish’ + nuku ‘snout, beak, mouth’ + nuku ‘snout, beak, mouth’ + puaʻa ‘pig, hog, swine’
Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq
Proto-Polynesian *ŋutu
Hawaiian nuku ‘snout, beak, mouth’
Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq
Proto-Polynesian *ŋutu
Hawaiian nuku ‘snout, beak, mouth’
Proto-Polynesian *puaka ‘pig, hog’
Hawaiian puaʻa ‘pig, hog, swine’
Every English word from Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa
Today it means
noun Any member of the species Rhinecanthus rectangulus of triggerfish, found in the coral reefs of many of the oceans, characterized by a noticeably large snout and blue lips that resemble that of a pig’s snout.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa / humuhumunukunukuapuaa