ʻē

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔeː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ee. Cognates include Rapa Nui ꞌēē and Tahitian ʻē.

Interjection

ʻē

  1. (informal) yes

Etymology 2

Noun

ʻē

  1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *kehe (“be different”), from Proto-Oceanic *kese (“be different”).

Verb

ʻē(stative)

  1. strange, different
  2. previous
Derived terms

Further reading

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ee. Cognates include Rapa Nui ꞌēē and Hawaiian ʻē.

Adverb

ʻē

  1. yes

Conjunction

ʻē

  1. and

References

  • Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
  • “ʻē” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
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