ʻUhu — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OO-hoo/ — syllables: OO · hoo
Meaning
To gasp or sigh; can refer to a deep, involuntary breath.
How to pronounce ʻUhu
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 ʻUhu mean?
To gasp or sigh; can refer to a deep, involuntary breath.
How do you pronounce ʻUhu?
ʻUhu is pronounced /OO-hoo/ — broken into syllables: OO · hoo. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻUhu a verb?
Yes — ʻUhu is classified as a verb 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.