ohana

See also: Ohana, 'ohana, and ʻohana

Englisch

WOTD – 7 December 2018

Etymology

A 1907 photograph of a Hawaiian ohana having a meal of poi

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻohana (“family, kin”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /əˈhɑːnə/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɑːnə
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: oha‧na

Nomen

ohana (plural ohanas)

1. (chiefly Hawaii) An extended Hawaiian family unit.
   • 1989 August 7, Maui Loa, “Testimony on Hawaiian Homestead Hearing, August 7, 1989”, in Administration of Native Hawaiian Home Lands: Joint Hearings before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives: One Hundred First Congress, First Session on Oversight Hearing on the Administration of Native Hawaiian Home Lands: August 8, 1989, Lihue, Kauai, Part 2 (S. Hrg.; 101-555, Pr. 2), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1990, →OCLC, page 644:

     [U]nder the leadership of Ka Lahui Hawai'i headed by attorney Mililani Trask, various Native Hawaiian organizations, ohanas, and individuals formed a loose coalition that some refer to as the Hawaiian Nation within a Nation.

Alternative forms

• ʻohana
• 'ohana (misspelling)

Translations

extended Hawaiian family unit

• Arabic: أُوهَانَا f (ʔūhānā)
• Galician: ohana f
• Georgian: ოხანა (oxana)
• German: Ohana f
• Hawaiian: ʻohana
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: אוֹחַנַה f (ʾōḥanah)
• Japanese: オハナ (ohana)
• Korean: 오하나 (ohana)
• Russian: оха́на f (oxána)

Further reading

• ohana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ohana (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A.A.O.H.N.

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Japanese

Romanization

ohana

1. Rōmaji transcription of おはな