Alo kai — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /AH-loh KAH-ee/ — syllables: AH · loh · KAH · ee
Meaning
Ocean surface; face of the sea. The top layer of the ocean.
How to pronounce Alo kai
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 Alo kai mean?
Ocean surface; face of the sea. The top layer of the ocean.
How do you pronounce Alo kai?
Alo kai is pronounced /AH-loh KAH-ee/ — broken into syllables: AH · loh · KAH · ee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is Alo kai a noun?
Yes — Alo kai is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Ocean 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.