hoʻopau manawa — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ho-oh-pow mah-NAH-wah/ — syllables: ho · oh · pow · mah · NAH · wah
Meaning
To waste time; to feel that time is being squandered. It describes a feeling of frustration or regret over lost time.
How to pronounce hoʻopau manawa
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 hoʻopau manawa mean?
To waste time; to feel that time is being squandered. It describes a feeling of frustration or regret over lost time.
How do you pronounce hoʻopau manawa?
hoʻopau manawa is pronounced /ho-oh-pow mah-NAH-wah/ — broken into syllables: ho · oh · pow · mah · NAH · wah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hoʻopau manawa a verb phrase?
Yes — hoʻopau manawa is classified as a verb phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Emotions 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.