hālō — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /HAH-loh/ — syllables: HAH · loh
Meaning
To look into, to peep. Checking on the food during the cooking process.
How to pronounce hālō
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 hālō mean?
To look into, to peep. Checking on the food during the cooking process.
How do you pronounce hālō?
hālō is pronounced /HAH-loh/ — broken into syllables: HAH · loh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hālō a verb?
Yes — hālō is classified as a verb in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Food 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.