ʻeleʻele

See also: eleele

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *kelekele (“dark, black”) reduplicated form of *kele (compare with Māori kerekere from kere, Rarotongan kerekere from kere, Tahitian ʻereʻere from Tahitian ʻere, Tongan kelekele from kele and Samoan ʻeleʻele from Samoan ʻele).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʔe.leˈʔe.le/, [ˌʔɛ.lɛˈʔɛ.lɛ]

Noun

ʻeleʻele

  1. black (color)
    palaoa ʻeleʻele: rye (lit. 'black flour [grain]')
  2. branched string lettuce (Ulva prolifera)
    Synonym: limu ʻeleʻele

Verb

ʻeleʻele

  1. (stative) black, dark

Derived terms

  • hōʻeleʻele (causative)

See also

Colors in Hawaiian · waihoʻoluʻu (layout · text)
     keʻokeʻo, kea      āhinahina      ʻeleʻele, pano
             ʻulaʻula, ʻula, helo              alani; mākuʻe              melemele, lenalena
                          ʻōmaʻomaʻo             
             kīʻaha              ʻalalā              polū
                          poni              ākala
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