o·ki·na or ‘o·ki·na (?-k??n?)n.1. The glottal stop used in the Hawaiian language.2. The symbol (‘) used in writing to represent this glottal stop.[Hawaiian ‘okina, separator : ‘oki, to cut off (from Proto-Polynesian koti) + -na, noun suff.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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‘okina
o·ki·na or ‘o·ki·na (?-k??n?)n.1. The glottal stop used in the Hawaiian language.2. The symbol (‘) used in writing to represent this glottal stop.[Hawaiian ‘okina, separator : ‘oki, to cut off (from Proto-Polynesian koti) + -na, noun suff.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.