ʻula hohonu — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OO-lah HOH-ho-noo/ — syllables: OO · lah · HOH · ho · noo
Meaning
Deep red. Describes a rich and intense shade of red.
How to pronounce ʻula hohonu
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 ʻula hohonu mean?
Deep red. Describes a rich and intense shade of red.
How do you pronounce ʻula hohonu?
ʻula hohonu is pronounced /OO-lah HOH-ho-noo/ — broken into syllables: OO · lah · HOH · ho · noo. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻula hohonu a phrase?
Yes — ʻula hohonu is classified as a phrase in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Colors 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.