ʻalawī — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-LAH-wee/ — syllables: ah · LAH · wee
Meaning
The Hawaiian Creeper, a small, insectivorous native Hawaiian forest bird.
How to pronounce ʻalawī
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 ʻalawī mean?
The Hawaiian Creeper, a small, insectivorous native Hawaiian forest bird.
How do you pronounce ʻalawī?
ʻalawī is pronounced /ah-LAH-wee/ — broken into syllables: ah · LAH · wee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻalawī a noun?
Yes — ʻalawī is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Animals 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.