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humuhumu

humuhumu is the clipping of humuhumunukunukuapuaa.

Meaning of humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Noun

humuhumunukunukuapuaa (plural humuhumunukunukuapuaas)

  1. Any member of the species Rhinecanthus rectangulus of triggerfish, found in the coral reefs of many of the oceans, characterized by a noticeably large snout and blue lips that resemble that of a pig’s snout.
    • I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii / Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming by1933, “My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii”, Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, Johnny Noble (music)
    Synonyms:
    humuhumu, reef triggerfish, rectangular triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish

Origin of humuhumu

Clipping of humuhumunukunukuapuaa under influence from Hawaiian humuhumu (“triggerfish”).

Questions about humuhumu

What is humuhumu the clipping of?
Humuhumu is the clipping of humuhumunukunukuapuaa.

Words near humuhumu in the dictionary

  1. hums along
  2. Humshaugh
  3. HUMSS
  4. humstrum
  5. humstrums
  6. humuhumu
  7. humuhumunukunukuapua'a
  8. humuhumunukunukuapuaa
  9. humuhumunukunukuapuaas
  10. Humula
  11. humulene

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: humuhumu (page history and authors); humuhumunukunukuapuaa (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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