ʻAkupa — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-KOO-pah/ — syllables: ah · KOO · pah
Meaning
A type of small freshwater fish, often found in streams and taro patches. It is a goby species.
How to pronounce ʻAkupa
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 ʻAkupa mean?
A type of small freshwater fish, often found in streams and taro patches. It is a goby species.
How do you pronounce ʻAkupa?
ʻAkupa is pronounced /ah-KOO-pah/ — broken into syllables: ah · KOO · pah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻAkupa a noun?
Yes — ʻAkupa 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.