hoaaloha — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /hoh-ah-LOH-hah/ — syllables: hoh · ah · LOH · hah
Meaning
Friend. Someone with whom one shares a bond of affection and trust.
How to pronounce hoaaloha
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 hoaaloha mean?
Friend. Someone with whom one shares a bond of affection and trust.
How do you pronounce hoaaloha?
hoaaloha is pronounced /hoh-ah-LOH-hah/ — broken into syllables: hoh · ah · LOH · hah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hoaaloha a noun?
Yes — hoaaloha is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the People 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.