Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The glottal stop used in the Hawaiian language.
- noun The symbol (‘) used in writing to represent this glottal stop.
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- noun The
Hawaiian apostrophe -like letter (ʻ ) used to indicate theglottal stop consonant .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Because there are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet, the 'okina used to represent a glottal stop is considered to be a consonant.
George Heymont: The Music and Its Message: Songs of Protest and Cultural Identity George Heymont 2011
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Because there are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet, the 'okina used to represent a glottal stop is considered to be a consonant.
George Heymont: The Music and Its Message: Songs of Protest and Cultural Identity George Heymont 2011
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Well, there obviously can't be an 'okina before a consonant; I can't imagine anyone writing an article about Hawaiian without understanding that, but apparently somebody can.
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I just thought it was amusing to have a pseudo-okina and an apostrophe in the same word.
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Adding an apostrophe or, worse, an `okina seems to be the same sort of thing you were decrying in the Kiev discussion.
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Of course, adding the ‘okina in search terms on the web is a real pain on standard keyboards.
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As an English word, "Hawaiian" does not need the ‘okina.
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Apple's latest Version 3.0 update allows users to type the 'okina and kahakô, as well as view the days of the week, month and year in Hawaiian.
KITV.com - Local New 2009
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Now let's not even talk about the missing okina in the last name.
MSDN Blogs 2008
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Pa'ia is pronounced pah-e-uhh. the 'is an okina, it breaks sound.
hernesheir commented on the word okina
Became an official letter of the Hawaiian alphabet in 1864. This, the glottal stop, is also written ʻokina.
November 10, 2011