aloha kakahiaka — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /a-LOH-ha kah-kah-hee-AH-kah/ — syllables: a · LOH · ha · kah · kah · hee · AH · kah
Meaning
Good morning.
How to pronounce aloha kakahiaka
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 aloha kakahiaka mean?
Good morning.
How do you pronounce aloha kakahiaka?
aloha kakahiaka is pronounced /a-LOH-ha kah-kah-hee-AH-kah/ — broken into syllables: a · LOH · ha · kah · kah · hee · AH · kah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is aloha kakahiaka a phrase?
Yes — aloha kakahiaka is classified as a phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Greetings & Farewells 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.