makaʻu

See also: Makau

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mataku, from Proto-Oceanic *matakut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Austronesian *matakut. Cognate with Maori mataku, Fijian mataku, Tokelauan mataku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈka.ʔu/, [məˈkɐ.ʔu]

Noun

makaʻu

  1. fear
  2. danger

Verb

makaʻu

  1. (transitive) to fear, be afraid

Derived terms

References

  • Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 71
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