humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

== Hawaiian == === Alternative forms === humuhumu-nukunuku-apuaʻa === Etymology === Compound of humuhumu (“triggerfish”) +‎ nuku (“snout”) +‎ nuku (“blunt”) +‎ ā (conjunction between two adjectives) +‎ puaʻa (“pig; pig-like”) = “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 === References === Lorrin Andrews (1865), A Dictionary of the Hawaiian language, page 225 Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert (1986), Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian, →ISBN, page 91 === Further reading === Entry for humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa at Wehewehe.org