He ʻike ʻana i ka pono — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /heh EE-keh AH-nah ee kah POH-noh/ — syllables: heh · EE · keh · AH · nah · ee · kah · POH · noh
Meaning
A seeing of the right; having the ability to discern what is correct, just, and righteous.
How to pronounce He ʻike ʻana i ka pono
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 He ʻike ʻana i ka pono mean?
A seeing of the right; having the ability to discern what is correct, just, and righteous.
How do you pronounce He ʻike ʻana i ka pono?
He ʻike ʻana i ka pono is pronounced /heh EE-keh AH-nah ee kah POH-noh/ — broken into syllables: heh · EE · keh · AH · nah · ee · kah · POH · noh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is He ʻike ʻana i ka pono a phrase?
Yes — He ʻike ʻana i ka pono is classified as a phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Culture 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.