ʻōlelo o ka makani — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-leh-loh oh kah mah-KAH-nee/ — syllables: OH · leh · loh · oh · kah · mah · KAH · nee
Meaning
Voice of the wind. A poetic phrase referring to the sound or message carried by the wind.
How to pronounce ʻōlelo o ka makani
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 ʻōlelo o ka makani mean?
Voice of the wind. A poetic phrase referring to the sound or message carried by the wind.
How do you pronounce ʻōlelo o ka makani?
ʻōlelo o ka makani is pronounced /OH-leh-loh oh kah mah-KAH-nee/ — broken into syllables: OH · leh · loh · oh · kah · mah · KAH · nee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻōlelo o ka makani a phrase?
Yes — ʻōlelo o ka makani is classified as a phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Nature 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.