Eia ʻo wau — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /EYE-ah OH vah-oo/ — syllables: EYE · ah · OH · vah · oo
Meaning
Here I am. A direct and personal way to announce one's arrival or presence.
How to pronounce Eia ʻo wau
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 Eia ʻo wau mean?
Here I am. A direct and personal way to announce one's arrival or presence.
How do you pronounce Eia ʻo wau?
Eia ʻo wau is pronounced /EYE-ah OH vah-oo/ — broken into syllables: EYE · ah · OH · vah · oo. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is Eia ʻo wau a phrase?
Yes — Eia ʻo wau is classified as a phrase 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.