həˈwä(ˌ)(y)ē, -wī(ˌ)(y)ē, -wȯ(ˌ)(y)ē, -wȧ(ˌ)(y)ē, -wäyə, -wȯyə, -wī(y)ə also häˈ- or hȧˈ- or -ˈvä(ˌ)(y)ē or -vī(ˌ)(y)ē or -vȧ(ˌ)(y)ē sometimes -ˈvə(ˌ)(y)ē or -ˈwə(ˌ)(y)ē; a glottal stop often follows the 2d-syllable vowel when no y follows & when the last vowel is ē adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Hawaii, state of the U.S., from Hawaiian Hawai'i; akin to Marquesan Havaiki, fabled original homeland of the Polynesians
: of or from Hawaii : of the kind or style prevalent in Hawaii : hawaiian