hoʻopūʻiwa — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ho-oh-poo-EE-wah/ — syllables: ho · oh · poo · EE · wah
Meaning
To startle, surprise, alarm. To cause a sudden shock or fear.
How to pronounce hoʻopūʻiwa
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 hoʻopūʻiwa mean?
To startle, surprise, alarm. To cause a sudden shock or fear.
How do you pronounce hoʻopūʻiwa?
hoʻopūʻiwa is pronounced /ho-oh-poo-EE-wah/ — broken into syllables: ho · oh · poo · EE · wah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hoʻopūʻiwa a verb?
Yes — hoʻopūʻiwa is classified as a verb 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.