ʻōpū honua — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-poo ho-NOO-ah/ — syllables: OH · poo · ho · NOO · ah
Meaning
A grounded, earth-loving disposition; deep belonging to a place.
How to pronounce ʻōpū honua
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 honua mean?
A grounded, earth-loving disposition; deep belonging to a place.
How do you pronounce ʻōpū honua?
ʻōpū honua is pronounced /OH-poo ho-NOO-ah/ — broken into syllables: OH · poo · ho · NOO · ah. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻōpū honua a noun?
Yes — ʻōpū honua is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Spirit & Soul 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.