apapane — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /AH-pah-pah-neh/ — syllables: AH · pah · pah · neh
Meaning
A species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, also red-feathered, but distinct from the ʻiʻiwi.
How to pronounce apapane
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 apapane mean?
A species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, also red-feathered, but distinct from the ʻiʻiwi.
How do you pronounce apapane?
apapane is pronounced /AH-pah-pah-neh/ — broken into syllables: AH · pah · pah · neh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is apapane a noun?
Yes — apapane is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Animals 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.