nahele
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Polynesian *ŋasere. Compare Maori ngahere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈhe.le/, [nəˈhɛ.lɛ]
Noun
nahele
Derived terms
- lau nahele
- makanahele
- nāhelehele
Further reading
- nahele in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “GASERE”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559