ʻōpua lei — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OH-poo-ah LEI/ — syllables: OH · poo · ah · LEI
Meaning
A garland of clouds; clouds arranged like a lei. This describes a beautiful formation of clouds in the sky.
How to pronounce ʻōpua lei
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 ʻōpua lei mean?
A garland of clouds; clouds arranged like a lei. This describes a beautiful formation of clouds in the sky.
How do you pronounce ʻōpua lei?
ʻōpua lei is pronounced /OH-poo-ah LEI/ — broken into syllables: OH · poo · ah · LEI. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻōpua lei a noun phrase?
Yes — ʻōpua lei is classified as a noun phrase 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.