E kāmau — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /eh KAH-mow/ — syllables: eh · KAH · mow
Meaning
Continue; proceed. Can be used as a greeting to encourage someone to continue their journey or work.
How to pronounce E kāmau
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 E kāmau mean?
Continue; proceed. Can be used as a greeting to encourage someone to continue their journey or work.
How do you pronounce E kāmau?
E kāmau is pronounced /eh KAH-mow/ — broken into syllables: eh · KAH · mow. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is E kāmau a verb?
Yes — E kāmau is classified as a verb in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Greetings 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.