Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

akepa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: akepa
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.

Etymology

Etymology tree Hawaiian ʻā- Proto-Polynesian *tepa Hawaiian kepa ? Hawaiian ʻākepabor. English akepa Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻākepa.

Inflected Forms

akepas (plural) ʻakepa (alternative)

Questions

What does akepa mean?: A bird in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus, Loxops coccineus.
Where does akepa come from?: Etymology tree Hawaiian ʻā- Proto-Polynesian *tepa Hawaiian kepa ? Hawaiian ʻākepabor. English akepa Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻākepa.

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