hula ʻalaʻapapa — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /HOO-lah AH-lah-ah-PAH-pah/ — syllables: HOO · lah · AH · lah · ah · PAH · pah
Meaning
A traditional hula style involving seated dancers, often performed with ipu (gourds) or other instruments.
How to pronounce hula ʻalaʻapapa
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 hula ʻalaʻapapa mean?
A traditional hula style involving seated dancers, often performed with ipu (gourds) or other instruments.
How do you pronounce hula ʻalaʻapapa?
hula ʻalaʻapapa is pronounced /HOO-lah AH-lah-ah-PAH-pah/ — broken into syllables: HOO · lah · AH · lah · ah · PAH · pah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hula ʻalaʻapapa a noun phrase?
Yes — hula ʻalaʻapapa is classified as a noun phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Culture 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.