anuhea — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ah-noo-HEH-ah/ — syllables: ah · noo · HEH · ah
Meaning
Cool and fragrant. Describes a pleasant cool breeze, often carrying the scent of flowers.
How to pronounce anuhea
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 anuhea mean?
Cool and fragrant. Describes a pleasant cool breeze, often carrying the scent of flowers.
How do you pronounce anuhea?
anuhea is pronounced /ah-noo-HEH-ah/ — broken into syllables: ah · noo · HEH · ah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is anuhea a adjective?
Yes — anuhea is classified as a adjective in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Weather 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.