hāʻawi pio — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /HAH-ah-wee PEE-oh/ — syllables: HAH · ah · wee · PEE · oh
Meaning
To surrender, give up (emotionally); to yield, concede.
How to pronounce hāʻawi pio
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 hāʻawi pio mean?
To surrender, give up (emotionally); to yield, concede.
How do you pronounce hāʻawi pio?
hāʻawi pio is pronounced /HAH-ah-wee PEE-oh/ — broken into syllables: HAH · ah · wee · PEE · oh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hāʻawi pio a verb phrase?
Yes — hāʻawi pio is classified as a verb phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Emotions 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.