huī — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /HOO-ee/ — syllables: HOO · ee
Meaning
To chirp, whistle, or make a high-pitched sound. Often associated with birds or small insects.
How to pronounce huī
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 huī mean?
To chirp, whistle, or make a high-pitched sound. Often associated with birds or small insects.
How do you pronounce huī?
huī is pronounced /HOO-ee/ — broken into syllables: HOO · ee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is huī a verb?
Yes — huī is classified as a verb in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Animals 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.