aʻaliʻi — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-AH-lee-ee/ — syllables: ah · AH · lee · ee
Meaning
A native shrub (Dodonaea viscosa) with small, papery seed capsules, often used in leis.
How to pronounce aʻaliʻi
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 aʻaliʻi mean?
A native shrub (Dodonaea viscosa) with small, papery seed capsules, often used in leis.
How do you pronounce aʻaliʻi?
aʻaliʻi is pronounced /ah-AH-lee-ee/ — broken into syllables: ah · AH · lee · ee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is aʻaliʻi a noun?
Yes — aʻaliʻi is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Plants 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.