alelo — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /AH-leh-lo/ — syllables: AH · leh · lo
Meaning
Tongue; the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and articulating speech.
How to pronounce alelo
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 alelo mean?
Tongue; the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and articulating speech.
How do you pronounce alelo?
alelo is pronounced /AH-leh-lo/ — broken into syllables: AH · leh · lo. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is alelo a noun?
Yes — alelo is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Body 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.