[identity profile] rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] 1word1day
This word won't be of much use to most, but I'm so cross at losing my spelling bee list that I'm just going to cop out and use it.


humuhumunukunukuapuaa /ˌhumuˌhumuˌnukuˌnukuˌɑpuˈɑɑ/ [hoo-moo-hoo-moo-noo-koo-noo-koo-ah-poo-ah-ah]

noun
either of two triggerfishes, esp. Rhinecantus aculeatus, of Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Sentence:
I wonder if the humuhumunukunukuapuaa is edible?

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Date: 2009-06-10 08:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grizzly-ripper.livejournal.com
Marvelous!

Sounds and looks very much like a Finnish word :)

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Date: 2009-06-10 09:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blood-suspend.livejournal.com
It's Hawaiian :)

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Date: 2009-06-11 07:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nerdfury.livejournal.com
The Finnish name for it is humuhumunukunukuapuaa-bork.
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