puaʻa

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *puaka. For generic sense as quadruped, compare with Tahitian puaʻa in puaʻahorofenua “horse” (corresponding to puaʻa holo honua; holo itself basis for holoholona “animal”) and puaʻatoro “cow, bull” lit. 'astretch pig' === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /puˈa.ʔa/, [puˈwɐ.ʔə] === Noun === puaʻa pig, hog, swine pork (obsolete) a general name for any introduced quadruped banks of fog or clouds, often as gathered over a mountain summit, a sign of rain and believed to be the cloud forms of Kamapuaʻa ==== Hyponyms ==== kīkepa, hahei, huluʻiwi ==== Derived terms ==== == Samoan == === Noun === puaʻa alternative spelling of pua'a == Tahitian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *puaka. === Noun === puaʻa pig, hog, swine ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Charpentier, Jean-Michel; François, Alexandre (2015), Atlas linguistique de la Polynésie française — Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia, →ISBN, page 2042. === Further reading === Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN “puaʻa” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.