What does the Hawaiian word Moana mean?ġ. If you count attentively, “Lauwiliwilinukunuku?oi?oi” has 23 letters and two “?okina” marks (the apostrophe which denotes a glottal stop). The longest Hawaiian name for a fish is Lauwiliwilinukunuku?oi?oi.
So, when you emerge from the water, you may tell everyone you saw a humuhumunukunukuapua’a! Is Humuhumunukunukuapua a the longest fish name? It is a reef trigger fish that you may likely see when snorkeling in the seas of Maui.
The humuhumunukunukuapua’a is the state fish of Hawaii. What is the most difficult fish name to utter?
