ʻōkiwi — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-kee-wee/ — syllables: OH · kee · wee
Meaning
Posture, bearing, physique. This is a noun describing the general way one holds their body.
How to pronounce ʻōkiwi
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 ʻōkiwi mean?
Posture, bearing, physique. This is a noun describing the general way one holds their body.
How do you pronounce ʻōkiwi?
ʻōkiwi is pronounced /OH-kee-wee/ — broken into syllables: OH · kee · wee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻōkiwi a noun?
Yes — ʻōkiwi 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.