inoa

See also: Inoa and iŋoa

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hingoa, compare with Maori ingoa and Tahitian iʻoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈno.a/, [iˈno.wə]

Noun

inoa

1. name

   ola ka inoa

   the name lives

2. term
3. title
4. ellipsis of mele inoa (“name chant”)

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “higoa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “inoa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 101