ʻŌpū hakahaka — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-poo ha-ka-HA-ka/ — syllables: OH · poo · ha · ka · HA · ka
Meaning
Abdominal cavity; the space within the abdomen containing organs.
How to pronounce ʻŌpū hakahaka
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 ʻŌpū hakahaka mean?
Abdominal cavity; the space within the abdomen containing organs.
How do you pronounce ʻŌpū hakahaka?
ʻŌpū hakahaka is pronounced /OH-poo ha-ka-HA-ka/ — broken into syllables: OH · poo · ha · ka · HA · ka. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻŌpū hakahaka a noun?
Yes — ʻŌpū hakahaka is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Body 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.