ʻŌʻī — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-ʻee/ — syllables: OH · ʻee
Meaning
The spinal column or backbone; the series of bones forming the main support of the body.
How to pronounce ʻŌʻī
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 ʻŌʻī mean?
The spinal column or backbone; the series of bones forming the main support of the body.
How do you pronounce ʻŌʻī?
ʻŌʻī is pronounced /OH-ʻee/ — broken into syllables: OH · ʻee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻŌʻī a noun?
Yes — ʻŌʻī is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Body 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.