How to pronounce“aumakua”in English
IPA/ɔːmækʌæ/
Syllablesau·ma·ku·a
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And some Indigenous Hawaiians contend that everything—humans, animals, land, sky—shares a kinship.
Ancestor spirits known as ‘aumakua are viewed as guardians for their descendants, often taking the form of an animal such as a lizard, owl, eel, or shark.
It’s thought that kinship is a bond even the separation of death can’t break.
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Definitions of “aumakua”
noun
In Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants.