ʻŌlehu — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-leh-hoo/ — syllables: OH · leh · hoo
Meaning
Rainbow-hued cloud; a cloud displaying colors like a rainbow.
How to pronounce ʻŌlehu
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 ʻŌlehu mean?
Rainbow-hued cloud; a cloud displaying colors like a rainbow.
How do you pronounce ʻŌlehu?
ʻŌlehu is pronounced /OH-leh-hoo/ — broken into syllables: OH · leh · hoo. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻŌlehu a noun?
Yes — ʻŌlehu is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Weather 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.