ʻAholehole — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-HOH-leh-hoh-leh/ — syllables: ah · HOH · leh · hoh · leh
Meaning
A common Hawaiian fish found in brackish and fresh water, often used as bait or food. It is silvery with a dark spot near its tail.
How to pronounce ʻAholehole
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 ʻAholehole mean?
A common Hawaiian fish found in brackish and fresh water, often used as bait or food. It is silvery with a dark spot near its tail.
How do you pronounce ʻAholehole?
ʻAholehole is pronounced /ah-HOH-leh-hoh-leh/ — broken into syllables: ah · HOH · leh · hoh · leh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻAholehole a noun?
Yes — ʻAholehole is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Nature 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.