Helelima — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /heh-leh-LEE-mah/ — syllables: heh · leh · LEE · mah
Meaning
A type of endemic Hawaiian fern (Asplenium horridum and related species) with stiff, dark fronds.
How to pronounce Helelima
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 Helelima mean?
A type of endemic Hawaiian fern (Asplenium horridum and related species) with stiff, dark fronds.
How do you pronounce Helelima?
Helelima is pronounced /heh-leh-LEE-mah/ — broken into syllables: heh · leh · LEE · mah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is Helelima a noun?
Yes — Helelima is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Plants 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.