hawaiian

«hawaiian» in Mova's school dictionary: from or about Hawaii, the group of islands in the Pacific… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Hawaiian); noun (a Hawaiian, Hawaiians; Hawaiian — the language)

meaning for a pupil

1) Hawaiian means from or about Hawaii, the group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that is a state of the USA. tree →

2) A Hawaiian is a person from Hawaii, especially one of the Native Hawaiian people. tree →

3) Hawaiian is the Polynesian language of the Native Hawaiian people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, Hawaiian islands are volcanic islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In everyday life: Hawaiian pizza (with ham and pineapple), Hawaiian shirts with bright flowers, and words like «aloha» and «hula» from the Hawaiian language. In science, Hawaiian volcanoes like Kilauea are studied for lava flows.

examples

• The Hawaiian islands were made by volcanoes. tree →
• My uncle wore a bright Hawaiian shirt with flowers on it. tree →
• Hawaiian pizza has ham and pineapple on it. tree →
• «Aloha» is a Hawaiian word for hello and goodbye. tree →
• We learned a Hawaiian dance called the hula. tree →
• Native Hawaiians were the first people to live on the islands. tree →

note

Always a capital H. Spelling: Hawaii (place) has two i's; Hawaiian adds -an. Hawaiian pizza was not invented in Hawaii.

In the corpora

• Mom says, «Shoots» (Hawaiian slang for «okay, sure») and shows her how to support his head.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hawaiian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.