e ola ke kino — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /eh OH-lah keh KEE-noh/ — syllables: eh · OH · lah · keh · KEE · noh
Meaning
May the body live; a blessing for health and well-being.
How to pronounce e ola ke kino
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 ola ke kino mean?
May the body live; a blessing for health and well-being.
How do you pronounce e ola ke kino?
e ola ke kino is pronounced /eh OH-lah keh KEE-noh/ — broken into syllables: eh · OH · lah · keh · KEE · noh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is e ola ke kino a phrase?
Yes — e ola ke kino is classified as a phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Body 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.