ʻAlalauā — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ʻah-lah-lah-oo-AH/ — syllables: ʻah · lah · lah · oo · AH
Meaning
A type of fish, specifically a big-eyed scad. It is a common schooling fish in Hawaiian waters.
How to pronounce ʻAlalauā
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 ʻAlalauā mean?
A type of fish, specifically a big-eyed scad. It is a common schooling fish in Hawaiian waters.
How do you pronounce ʻAlalauā?
ʻAlalauā is pronounced /ʻah-lah-lah-oo-AH/ — broken into syllables: ʻah · lah · lah · oo · AH. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻAlalauā a noun?
Yes — ʻAlalauā is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Sea 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.