ʻōpāe — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-pah-eh/ — syllables: OH · pah · eh
Meaning
Shrimp; often used as bait.
How to pronounce ʻōpāe
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 ʻōpāe mean?
Shrimp; often used as bait.
How do you pronounce ʻōpāe?
ʻōpāe is pronounced /OH-pah-eh/ — broken into syllables: OH · pah · eh. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻōpāe a noun?
Yes — ʻōpāe is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Sea 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.