iwi kuamoʻo

== Hawaiian == === Alternative forms === iwikuamoʻo === Etymology === By surface analysis, iwi (“bone”) +‎ kuamoʻo (“backbone”), though compare Māori tuaiwi (“spine, backbone”), Niuean ivitua (“backbone”), Tahitian ivi tua (“backbone”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈi.wi ku.aˈmo.ʔo/, [ˈi.ʋi ku.wəˈmo.ʔo] === Noun === iwi kuamoʻo backbone, spine, vertebrate Alternative form: kuamoʻo lineage, genealogy ==== See also ==== ʻanuʻu (“disjointed vertebra”) === References === Paul Nahoa Lucas, editor, compiled by Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and University of Hawaiʻi Committee for the Preservation and Study of Hawaiian Language, Art, and Culture (1995), A Dictionary of Hawaiian Legal-Land Terms‎[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN Hawaiian Language Committee, compilers (2003), Māmaka Kaiao: A Modern Hawaiian Vocabulary‎[2], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press