himeni puʻukani — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /hee-MEH-nee poo-oo-KAH-nee/ — syllables: hee · MEH · nee · poo · oo · KAH · nee
Meaning
A choir or singing group, literally 'hymn with many voices'.
How to pronounce himeni puʻukani
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 puʻukani mean?
A choir or singing group, literally 'hymn with many voices'.
How do you pronounce himeni puʻukani?
himeni puʻukani is pronounced /hee-MEH-nee poo-oo-KAH-nee/ — broken into syllables: hee · MEH · nee · poo · oo · KAH · nee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is himeni puʻukani a noun?
Yes — himeni puʻukani is classified as a noun 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.