E kūlia i ka nuʻu — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /eh KOO-lee-ah ee kah NOO-ʻoo/ — syllables: eh · KOO · lee · ah · ee · kah · NOO · ʻoo
Meaning
Strive for the summit. This is a call to excel and reach for the highest possible achievement.
How to pronounce E kūlia i ka nuʻu
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 kūlia i ka nuʻu mean?
Strive for the summit. This is a call to excel and reach for the highest possible achievement.
How do you pronounce E kūlia i ka nuʻu?
E kūlia i ka nuʻu is pronounced /eh KOO-lee-ah ee kah NOO-ʻoo/ — broken into syllables: eh · KOO · lee · ah · ee · kah · NOO · ʻoo. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is E kūlia i ka nuʻu a phrase?
Yes — E kūlia i ka nuʻu is classified as a phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Culture 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.