lāhui

Hawaiian

FWOTD – 25 January 2017

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːˈhu.i/, [laːˈhu.wi]

Noun

lāhui

  1. race, nation, tribe, people, nationality

Verb

lāhui

  1. (intransitive) to assemble, gather together
  2. (transitive) to prohibit, forbid, lay a taboo, proclaim a law
  3. (stative) national

References

M. W. Pukui and S. H. Elbert (1957), Hawaiian-English Dictionary

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