Himeni ʻahaʻaina — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /hee-MEH-nee ah-hah-AI-nah/ — syllables: hee · MEH · nee · ah · hah · AI · nah
Meaning
A feast song or banquet song. Often sung at celebrations.
How to pronounce Himeni ʻahaʻaina
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 Himeni ʻahaʻaina mean?
A feast song or banquet song. Often sung at celebrations.
How do you pronounce Himeni ʻahaʻaina?
Himeni ʻahaʻaina is pronounced /hee-MEH-nee ah-hah-AI-nah/ — broken into syllables: hee · MEH · nee · ah · hah · AI · nah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is Himeni ʻahaʻaina a noun phrase?
Yes — Himeni ʻahaʻaina is classified as a noun phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Music 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.