ʻōpala — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /ʻOH-pah-lah/ — syllables: ʻOH · pah · lah
Meaning
Rubbish, refuse, dregs. Can refer to the discarded parts of food preparation.
How to pronounce ʻōpala
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 ʻōpala mean?
Rubbish, refuse, dregs. Can refer to the discarded parts of food preparation.
How do you pronounce ʻōpala?
ʻōpala is pronounced /ʻOH-pah-lah/ — broken into syllables: ʻOH · pah · lah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻōpala a noun?
Yes — ʻōpala is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Food 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.