ʻŌpae ʻoehaʻa — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /oh-PAI oh-EH-hah-ah/ — syllables: oh · PAI · oh · EH · hah · ah
Meaning
A type of freshwater shrimp with one claw larger than the other. It is found in streams and was traditionally gathered for food.
How to pronounce ʻŌpae ʻoehaʻa
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 ʻŌpae ʻoehaʻa mean?
A type of freshwater shrimp with one claw larger than the other. It is found in streams and was traditionally gathered for food.
How do you pronounce ʻŌpae ʻoehaʻa?
ʻŌpae ʻoehaʻa is pronounced /oh-PAI oh-EH-hah-ah/ — broken into syllables: oh · PAI · oh · EH · hah · ah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻŌpae ʻoehaʻa a noun?
Yes — ʻŌpae ʻoehaʻa is classified as a noun 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.