akepa

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noun

A bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.

OriginHawaiian ʻākepa ← Proto-Polynesian *tepa →
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Meanings

nounakepa (plural akepas)

plural akepas · alternative ʻakepa

  1. A bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.

Origin

  1. Hawaiianʻā-
  2. Proto-Polynesian*tepa
  3. Hawaiiankepa
  4. Hawaiianʻākepa
  5. Englishakepa

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻākepa.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

akepa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akepa

MLA

“akepa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akepa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “akepa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/akepa.

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