hoʻiʻo — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /hoh-ee-OH/ — syllables: hoh · ee · OH
Meaning
A native Hawaiian fern (Diplazium sandwichianum) with edible young fronds, often consumed as a vegetable.
How to pronounce hoʻiʻo
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 hoʻiʻo mean?
A native Hawaiian fern (Diplazium sandwichianum) with edible young fronds, often consumed as a vegetable.
How do you pronounce hoʻiʻo?
hoʻiʻo is pronounced /hoh-ee-OH/ — broken into syllables: hoh · ee · OH. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hoʻiʻo a noun?
Yes — hoʻiʻo is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Nature 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.