akamai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian akamai (“smart”).

Adjective

akamai (not comparable)

  1. (Hawaii) Smart, clever.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qata-mai (compare with Tahitian atama (“intelligence”), Maori atamai (“intellect, quick wit”), Tongan ʻatamai (“intelligence”))[1] from Proto-Oceanic *qataq (“to know”)[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.kaˈmai̯/, [ə.kəˈmɐj], [ə.kəˈmɛj] (rapid speech)

Noun

akamai

  1. intelligence, wit

Verb

akamai

  1. (stative) intelligent, smart, clever

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: akamai
  • → Hawaiian Creole: akamai
  • → Japanese: アカマイ

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “akamai”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 13
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qatamai.a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 175-6

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From Hawaiian akamai (“smart”).

Adjective

akamai

  1. smart, intelligent, clever
    Da buggah so akamai.
    The guy is so smart.

Pohnpeian

Verb

akamai

  1. (intransitive) To argue, to quarrel, to hold conflicting discussion regarding a topic.

Noun

akamai

  1. argument, quarrel, debate.

References

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