holehole — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /HOH-leh-hoh-leh/ — syllables: HOH · leh · hoh · leh
Meaning
To peel, as a banana or taro. Describes a food preparation action.
How to pronounce holehole
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 holehole mean?
To peel, as a banana or taro. Describes a food preparation action.
How do you pronounce holehole?
holehole is pronounced /HOH-leh-hoh-leh/ — broken into syllables: HOH · leh · hoh · leh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is holehole a verb?
Yes — holehole is classified as a verb in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Food 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.