ʻĀlualua — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /AH-loo-AH-loo-ah/ — syllables: AH · loo · AH · loo · ah
Meaning
To have pores or small openings on the skin.
How to pronounce ʻĀlualua
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 ʻĀlualua mean?
To have pores or small openings on the skin.
How do you pronounce ʻĀlualua?
ʻĀlualua is pronounced /AH-loo-AH-loo-ah/ — broken into syllables: AH · loo · AH · loo · ah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻĀlualua a adjective?
Yes — ʻĀlualua is classified as a adjective 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.