ʻeleʻele

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *kelekele (“dark, black”) reduplicated form of *kele (compare with Māori kerekere from kere, Rarotongan kerekere from kere, Tahitian ʻereʻere from Tahitian ʻere, Tongan kelekele from kele and Samoan ʻeleʻele from Samoan ʻele). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌʔe.leˈʔe.le/, [ˌʔɛ.lɛˈʔɛ.lɛ] === Noun === ʻeleʻele black (color) palaoa ʻeleʻele: rye (lit. 'black flour [grain]') branched string lettuce (Ulva prolifera) Synonym: limu ʻeleʻele === Verb === ʻeleʻele (stative) black, dark ==== Derived terms ==== hōʻeleʻele (causative) ==== Related terms ==== ʻeʻele (“black”) pāʻele (“blacken”, verb) uli, uliuli === See also ===