auwai

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noun

An irrigation ditch.

OriginHawaiian ʻauwai ← Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai ← Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai →
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Meanings

noun
  1. HawaiiAn irrigation ditch.

Origin

  1. Hawaiianʻau
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ
  3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ
  4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ
  5. Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ
  6. Proto-Polynesian*wai
  7. Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*wai
  8. Proto-Eastern Polynesian*wai
  9. Hawaiianwai
  10. Hawaiianʻauwai
  11. Englishauwai

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻauwai.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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