ʻAkemāmā — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-keh-MAH-mah/ — syllables: ah · keh · MAH · mah
Meaning
The lungs; the primary organs of the respiratory system.
How to pronounce ʻAkemāmā
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 ʻAkemāmā mean?
The lungs; the primary organs of the respiratory system.
How do you pronounce ʻAkemāmā?
ʻAkemāmā is pronounced /ah-keh-MAH-mah/ — broken into syllables: ah · keh · MAH · mah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻAkemāmā a noun?
Yes — ʻAkemāmā is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Body 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.