pāleoleo

Hawaiian

Etymology

Compound of pā (“to hit, to blow, to rebuke”) +‎ leoleo (“to speak vociferously”). Coined in the 1990s by Don Keʻala Kawaʻauhau, language nest teacher and later member of the group Sudden Rush.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paː.le.oˈle.o/, [paː.le.joˈlɛ.jo]

Verb

pāleoleo

  1. to rap, to speak lyrics rhythmically usual of hip-hop music.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Osumare, Halifu (2007), The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves, Springer, →ISBN, pages 142-3
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