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ʻokina

ʻokina is the alternative spelling of okina.

Meaning of okina

Noun

okina (plural okinas)

  1. The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (ʻ ) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant.

Forms of ʻokina

pluralʻokina

Origin of ʻokina

Unadapted borrowing from Hawaiian ʻokina (“cutting off, separation”).

Questions about ʻokina

What is ʻokina the alternative spelling of?
ʻokina is the alternative spelling of okina.

Words near ʻokina in the dictionary

  1. ʻakepa
  2. ʻakialoa
  3. ʻakialoas
  4. ʻohana
  5. ʻohanas
  6. ʻokina
  7. ʻokinas
  8. ʻukulele
  9. ʻukuleles
  10. ʻāina
  11. ʻākohekohe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ʻokina (page history and authors); okina (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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