Akemāmā liʻiliʻi — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-keh-MAH-mah lee-ʻee-LEE-ʻee/ — syllables: ah · keh · MAH · mah · lee · ʻee · LEE · ʻee
Meaning
Bronchioles; the small air passages in the lungs.
How to pronounce Akemāmā liʻiliʻi
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 Akemāmā liʻiliʻi mean?
Bronchioles; the small air passages in the lungs.
How do you pronounce Akemāmā liʻiliʻi?
Akemāmā liʻiliʻi is pronounced /ah-keh-MAH-mah lee-ʻee-LEE-ʻee/ — broken into syllables: ah · keh · MAH · mah · lee · ʻee · LEE · ʻee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is Akemāmā liʻiliʻi a noun?
Yes — Akemāmā liʻiliʻi 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.