ʻilieʻe — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /EE-lee-EH-eh/ — syllables: EE · lee · EH · eh
Meaning
A native shrub (Sida fallax). Known for its small, yellow flowers.
How to pronounce ʻilieʻe
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 ʻilieʻe mean?
A native shrub (Sida fallax). Known for its small, yellow flowers.
How do you pronounce ʻilieʻe?
ʻilieʻe is pronounced /EE-lee-EH-eh/ — broken into syllables: EE · lee · EH · eh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻilieʻe a noun?
Yes — ʻilieʻe is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Plants 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.