humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

== Hawaiian == === Alternative forms === humuhumu-nukunuku-apuaʻa === Etymology === From humuhumu (“triggerfish”) +‎ nuku (“snout”) +‎ nuku (“blunt”) +‎ -ā- (simulative infix) +‎ puaʻa (“pig”), literally “triggerfish with a snout that is blunt and pig-like”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌhu.muˌhu.muˌnu.kuˌnu.ku.aː.puˈa.ʔa/, [ˌhu.muˌhu.muˌnu.kuˌnu.ku.waː.puˈwɐ.ʔə] === Noun === humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa reef triggerfish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa ==== Descendants ==== → Amharic: ሁሙሁሙኑኩኑኩኣፑኣዓ (humuhumunukunukuʾapuʾaʿa) → English: humuhumunukunukuapuaa → Greek: χουμουχουμουνουκουνουκουαπουάα (choumouchoumounoukounoukouapouáa) → Japanese: フムフムヌクヌクアプアア (fumufumunukunukuapuaa) === References === Lorrin Andrews (1865), A Dictionary of the Hawaiian language, page 225 Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 91 === Further reading === Entry for humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa at Wehewehe.org