Aloha nō au i koʻu ʻohana — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-LOH-hah noh ow ee KOH-oo oh-HAH-nah/ — syllables: ah · LOH · hah · noh · ow · ee · KOH · oo · oh · HAH · nah
Meaning
I truly love my family.
How to pronounce Aloha nō au i koʻu ʻohana
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 nō au i koʻu ʻohana mean?
I truly love my family.
How do you pronounce Aloha nō au i koʻu ʻohana?
Aloha nō au i koʻu ʻohana is pronounced /ah-LOH-hah noh ow ee KOH-oo oh-HAH-nah/ — broken into syllables: ah · LOH · hah · noh · ow · ee · KOH · oo · oh · HAH · nah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is Aloha nō au i koʻu ʻohana a phrase?
Yes — Aloha nō au i koʻu ʻohana is classified as a phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Family 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.