E nānā i nā maka o ka ʻōpio — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /eh NAH-nah ee nah MAH-kah oh kah OH-pee-oh/ — syllables: eh · NAH · nah · ee · nah · MAH · kah · oh · kah · OH · pee · oh
Meaning
Look to the eyes of the youth; pay attention to and learn from the younger generation.
How to pronounce E nānā i nā maka o ka ʻōpio
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 nānā i nā maka o ka ʻōpio mean?
Look to the eyes of the youth; pay attention to and learn from the younger generation.
How do you pronounce E nānā i nā maka o ka ʻōpio?
E nānā i nā maka o ka ʻōpio is pronounced /eh NAH-nah ee nah MAH-kah oh kah OH-pee-oh/ — broken into syllables: eh · NAH · nah · ee · nah · MAH · kah · oh · kah · OH · pee · oh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is E nānā i nā maka o ka ʻōpio a phrase?
Yes — E nānā i nā maka o ka ʻōpio 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.
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