eho — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /EH-ho/ — syllables: EH · ho
Meaning
Bud, sprout. The undeveloped shoot or flower of a plant.
How to pronounce eho
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 eho mean?
Bud, sprout. The undeveloped shoot or flower of a plant.
How do you pronounce eho?
eho is pronounced /EH-ho/ — broken into syllables: EH · ho. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is eho a noun?
Yes — eho is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Plants 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.