hanauna — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /hah-NAU-nah/ — syllables: hah · NAU · nah
Meaning
Generation; refers to a group of people born and living during the same time.
How to pronounce hanauna
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 hanauna mean?
Generation; refers to a group of people born and living during the same time.
How do you pronounce hanauna?
hanauna is pronounced /hah-NAU-nah/ — broken into syllables: hah · NAU · nah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hanauna a noun?
Yes — hanauna is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Family 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.