ʻOloʻolo — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-loh-OH-loh/ — syllables: OH · loh · OH · loh
Meaning
To hang loosely, dangle; can describe a feeling of being emotionally adrift.
How to pronounce ʻOloʻolo
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 ʻOloʻolo mean?
To hang loosely, dangle; can describe a feeling of being emotionally adrift.
How do you pronounce ʻOloʻolo?
ʻOloʻolo is pronounced /OH-loh-OH-loh/ — broken into syllables: OH · loh · OH · loh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻOloʻolo a verb?
Yes — ʻOloʻolo is classified as a verb in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Emotions 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.