awakea

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Eastern Polynesian *awatea "midday", from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao-(qa)tea (“late morning to early midday”), from *qaho (“day”) and *qaatea (“clear, unobstructed”). Cognate with Māori awatea (“broad daylight”) and Samoan aoatea (“midday”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌa.waˈke.a/, [ˌɐ.ʋəˈkɛ.jə] === Noun === awakea noon, midday (time of day when the sun is the highest) ==== Derived terms ==== aloha awakea ʻaina awakea ==== Related terms ==== ākea ao === References === Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert awakea in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qao-atea”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559