hīpuʻupaʻu — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /hee-POO-oo-PAH-oo/ — syllables: hee · POO · oo · PAH · oo
Meaning
A type of rhythmic chant, often with a rapid tempo.
How to pronounce hīpuʻupaʻu
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 hīpuʻupaʻu mean?
A type of rhythmic chant, often with a rapid tempo.
How do you pronounce hīpuʻupaʻu?
hīpuʻupaʻu is pronounced /hee-POO-oo-PAH-oo/ — broken into syllables: hee · POO · oo · PAH · oo. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hīpuʻupaʻu a noun?
Yes — hīpuʻupaʻu 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.