Hiki keiki — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /hee-kee KEH-ee-kee/ — syllables: hee · kee · KEH · ee · kee
Meaning
Pregnant; literally 'can child'.
How to pronounce Hiki keiki
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 Hiki keiki mean?
Pregnant; literally 'can child'.
How do you pronounce Hiki keiki?
Hiki keiki is pronounced /hee-kee KEH-ee-kee/ — broken into syllables: hee · kee · KEH · ee · kee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is Hiki keiki a phrase?
Yes — Hiki keiki is classified as a phrase 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.