akua ahi — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-KOO-ah AH-hee/ — syllables: ah · KOO · ah · AH · hee
Meaning
Lightning; fire god. Refers to lightning as a powerful, divine force.
How to pronounce akua ahi
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 akua ahi mean?
Lightning; fire god. Refers to lightning as a powerful, divine force.
How do you pronounce akua ahi?
akua ahi is pronounced /ah-KOO-ah AH-hee/ — broken into syllables: ah · KOO · ah · AH · hee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is akua ahi a noun?
Yes — akua ahi is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Weather 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.