ʻaka

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *kata (“laugh”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔa.ka/, [ˈʔɐ.kə] === Verb === ʻaka (intransitive) to laugh Synonym: ʻakaʻaka ==== Derived terms ==== ʻaka hene (“to jeer”) hōʻaka (causative) hoʻomākeʻaka (“to cause laughter”) === Further reading === ʻaka in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kata.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559