alaheʻe — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /AH-lah-HEH-eh/ — syllables: AH · lah · HEH · eh
Meaning
An endemic shrub or small tree (Psydrax odorata). Valued for its fragrant flowers and hard wood.
How to pronounce alaheʻe
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 alaheʻe mean?
An endemic shrub or small tree (Psydrax odorata). Valued for its fragrant flowers and hard wood.
How do you pronounce alaheʻe?
alaheʻe is pronounced /AH-lah-HEH-eh/ — broken into syllables: AH · lah · HEH · eh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is alaheʻe a noun?
Yes — alaheʻe is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Plants 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.