a hui hou — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah HOO-ee HOH/ — syllables: ah · HOO · ee · HOH
Meaning
Until we meet again; a fond farewell.
How to pronounce a hui hou
Hawaiian vowels are always sounded separately. A kahakō (line above a vowel) lengthens it; the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in “uh-oh”.
Frequently asked
What does a hui hou mean?
Until we meet again; a fond farewell.
How do you pronounce a hui hou?
a hui hou is pronounced /ah HOO-ee HOH/ — broken into syllables: ah · HOO · ee · HOH. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is a hui hou a phrase?
Yes — a hui hou is classified as a phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Greetings & Farewells category.
Where does this definition come from?
Definitions and pronunciations on hawaiian-words.com are drawn from the authoritative Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary (rev. ed. 1986), the standard scholarly reference for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.